Would be great if Hot Copper ever decided to buy some big boy pants and become a paid subscription service. If for no better reason the volume of Christian warriors, conspiracy theorists, climate deniers and paid political social media operative would dry up over night. Greatly improving the experience.Sadly their current model based entirely on clicks and advertising is just prone to getting up in you business.
Presuming you don't have male-ware made its way onto your device, use Brave browser. Security and privacy is built into it. Mine is blocking 17 adds and trackers as we speak.
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/free-tools/virus-removal-tool is a good free tool to scan your system for nasties.
