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#1 Felbombling

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 06:21 PM

Hey gang... thought I'd hit up the good ol' community here for some advice on a reliable and/or trustworthy ad blocker. I'm behind the times and have gotten fed up with them ruining my surfing.

Thanking you in advance!

#2 Naduk

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 06:35 PM

Ad blockplus .org

#3 Moldur

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 06:35 PM

Interesting place to put it, but I suppose the most visible. I use https://adblockplus.org/

#4 Taffer

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 06:39 PM

Note that if you use adblock plus you gotta go to the options and uncheck 'allow some advertising'. By default it does allow some 'non-intrusive' advertising

Now i'm waiting for somebody to come along and destroy all the newsletter popups plaguing the internet.

Edited by Taffer, 16 May 2016 - 06:39 PM.


#5 El Bandito

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 07:00 PM

I use NoScript for Firefox, and Adblock on Chrome. I like NoScript a lot.

#6 jonfett

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 07:25 PM

I've also been using NoScript for the past 12 years. It blocks everything...and I've never had a malware problem on multiple systems while using it. https://noscript.net/

#7 Narcissistic Martyr

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 10:03 PM

View PostEl Bandito, on 16 May 2016 - 07:00 PM, said:

I use NoScript for Firefox, and Adblock on Chrome. I like NoScript a lot.


NoScript is also a PITA if you don't know which scripts you can safely whitelist because it'll break a ton of sites.

#8 AnTi90d

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 10:10 PM

The greatest thing to go with Adblock (other than NoScript) is the Adblock Element Hider. It's a separate addon that gives you the ability to select an element on the screen and block it. You can basically erase entire webpage columns like ad columns or unneeded clocks or dropdown menus that keep getting in your way or any other nuisance BS on websites.

#9 Felbombling

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 10:41 PM

So far, so good... thanks for the replies.

#10 El Bandito

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 10:52 PM

View PostNarcissistic Martyr, on 16 May 2016 - 10:03 PM, said:

NoScript is also a PITA if you don't know which scripts you can safely whitelist because it'll break a ton of sites.


Once you get the hang of it, you will know which ones to allow. ;)

#11 crustydog

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 11:35 PM

Also, Better Privacy, Ghostery and Privacy Badger, though they do overlap a bit.

Partly there is the issue of tracking in violation of your privacy, partly because stopping all of this third party stuff speeds up page load times, and partly because third party ads, apps, etc seem to be the largest source of malware infections. Machines that block the adds and the apps simply seldom get infected by malware.

A clean machine is a happy machine.

#12 MrMadguy

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 11:44 PM

Unfortunately there is already at least one site, that completely brakes AdBlocker functionality via using completely random image and div style names (something like http://s.aaaa.com/AB...3UNbhpuEOL6.jpg), so there is no way to distinguish ads from other pictures on site and the only way to block ads - to block ALL images. The only thing, I can do now - is boycott this site. I know, that such tech puts bigger load on web server, but very soon all sites will use this tech and AdBlock will be useless.

Edited by MrMadguy, 16 May 2016 - 11:46 PM.


#13 Sjorpha

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Posted 17 May 2016 - 05:06 AM

Adblock plus and NoScript, run both as they do completely different things.

If you're on a Mac, also run little snitch to manage in and outgoing calls from software that you may be unaware of.

A very nice alternative to adblock is adart, which uses the same block lists but instead replaces all the ads with contemporary art, featuring a new exposition each week

Edited by Sjorpha, 17 May 2016 - 05:08 AM.






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