I am in Australia, but I reckon it would apply to everywhere. I read my local papers online everyday (usually www.smh.com.au and www.australianit.com.au). I am careful to not click on the page or the advertising and I have pop-ups blocked.

However I notice that are times when regardless of what I do the page just does it's own click, opening up a advertising page.

I suspect that, like me, many readers just want to read the news of the day and don't want to be bombarded with ads. So to combat this, and to increase click revenue, the webpage creators have made the page act as if it has been clicked.

Surely this is wrong and the companies who are advertising must be made aware of this scam?