I once went to Drudge and immediately found myself in a pop-up cycle where if I 'X'ed out of one ad, the other popped back up, over and over. I couldn't get rid of it until I restarted my computer.
It's the ads. Like most active pages, Drudge probably has agreements that open him up to sabotage from outside his site. Or possibly you already had the problem and visiting Drudge just set it off. Anyway, with my combination of programs I've never had trouble with Drudge, and it's been a couple of years since I saw any of his ads.
"I once went to Drudge and immediately found myself in a pop-up cycle where if I 'X'ed out of one ad, the other popped back up, over and over. I couldn't get rid of it until I restarted my computer."
Don't use the X box or the YES or NO buttons to close these popups/popunders. Instead use CTRL-ALT-DEL. Clicking YES may lead you to the same nefarious site as clicking NO.
When in doubt, while surfing, do not follow others' instructions, ie, CLICK HERE. No, don't click "CLIK HERE."