(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:57 pm
Post subject: Re: How to get rid of ads in the web sites? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: alt>comp>anti-virus (more info?)
Max Wachtel wrote:
> In news:RbCdnZ91q7jJAiXVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@eatel.net,
> Gary, after much thought, came up with this jewel:
>> I used to use Norton Internet Security, however, a friend of mine
>> told me about AVG anti-virus. Now that I have deleted Norton and
>> installed AVG, the ads on most websites are back. When I had Norton,
>> the ads wouldn't show up on the site while surfing. I was wondering
>> how do i get rid of all these aggravating ads on most sites. I'm not
>> talking about new pop up windows, i'm talking about ads on most sites
>> that i visit.
>>
>> thanks
>> G
>
>
> I use the MVPS hosts file to block most ads along with Firefox's
> Adblock Plus.
> max
I ahve had performance issues in the past using the huge hosts file. I find
that spywareblaster does a fair amount of work getting rid of the pesky
adverts, especially the less savoury ones that use tracking cookies..
(Msg. 10) Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:57 pm
Post subject: Re: How to get rid of ads in the web sites? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
In news:6ht5fbFma9k8U1@mid.individual.net,
Gaz, after much thought, came up with this jewel:
> Max Wachtel wrote:
> > In news:RbCdnZ91q7jJAiXVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@eatel.net,
> > Gary, after much thought, came up with this jewel:
> > > I used to use Norton Internet Security, however, a friend of mine
> > > told me about AVG anti-virus. Now that I have deleted Norton and
> > > installed AVG, the ads on most websites are back. When I had
> > > Norton, the ads wouldn't show up on the site while surfing. I was
> > > wondering how do i get rid of all these aggravating ads on most
> > > sites. I'm not talking about new pop up windows, i'm talking
> > > about ads on most sites that i visit.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > G
> >
> >
> > I use the MVPS hosts file to block most ads along with Firefox's
> > Adblock Plus.
> > max
>
> I ahve had performance issues in the past using the huge hosts file.
> I find that spywareblaster does a fair amount of work getting rid of
> the pesky adverts, especially the less savoury ones that use tracking
> cookies..
>
> Gaz
Did you try turning off the DNS Client in Services?
(Msg. 11) Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:26 pm
Post subject: Re: How to get rid of ads in the web sites? PS [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> Gary wrote:
> [...]
>>
>> Max, thanks again for replying to my posts, and helping me. I want to
>> say sorry for being so ignorant of how some of these things work,
>> however, I've downloaded the addon for mozilla, but it's an 'XPI'
>> file, i thought it would be an exe file or something that would load
>> itself.
>> Once again, i appologize for being ignorant of these files, and would
>> appreciate a little more deatil as to what to do with the xpi file,
>> and the hosts file.
>>
>> thanks
>> G
>>
>
> Tools > Add-ons > Extensions > Install. Then navigate to the *.xpi file,
> highlight it, and click Open. Firefox will install it. You activate it
> after installation by going to Extensions, highlighting and clicking
> Enable.
>
> HTH
>
PS: Thunderbird will install it, too, same procedure.
(Msg. 12) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:43 am
Post subject: Re: How to get rid of ads in the web sites? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
>On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:04:51 -0400, Wolf Kirchmeir <wolfkir RemoveThis @sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Gary wrote:
>[...]
>>
>> Max, thanks again for replying to my posts, and helping me. I want to say
>> sorry for being so ignorant of how some of these things work, however, I've
>> downloaded the addon for mozilla, but it's an 'XPI' file, i thought it would
>> be an exe file or something that would load itself.
>> Once again, i appologize for being ignorant of these files, and would
>> appreciate a little more deatil as to what to do with the xpi file, and the
>> hosts file.
>>
>> thanks
>> G
>>
>>
>
>Tools > Add-ons > Extensions > Install. Then navigate to the *.xpi file,
>highlight it, and click Open. Firefox will install it. You activate it
>after installation by going to Extensions, highlighting and clicking Enable.
>
>HTH
I, too, am a bit concerned about pop-ups. I use Internet Explorer v7,
but not Firefox. I also uninstalled Norton Internet Security which
was effective in blocking pop-ups, but caused me problems in other
areas. In IE, I have Tools/Pop-up Blocker turned on, but still get
some pop-ups for surveys, ads, etc.
(Msg. 13) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:46 pm
Post subject: Re: How to get rid of ads in the web sites? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Kayman wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:07:53 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
>> ...but i usually use IE,
>
> IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a
> lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful,
> secure and customizable. IE7Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management,
> Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy
> Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User
> Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, *AD Blocker*, Flash Block,
> Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins, MiniDM,
> Google sponsored search, IE Faster and many more power packed
> features. You can customize not just Internet Explorer, but even your
> favorite website according to your need and taste using IE7Pro.
> http://www.ie7pro.com/
Their integrated live dictionary is pretty useful......
(Msg. 14) Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:10 pm
Post subject: Re: How to get rid of ads in the web sites? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:14:48 -0400, "Max Wachtel"
<maxwachtel DeleteThis @nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
To the OP:
From the page this poster linked to, I use HostsXpert to manage the
localhost file and Homer to serve up a little blue slash mark instead
of some giant ad from the servers blocked by the localhost file.
This works GREAT and really speeds up surfing in addition to keeping
unwanted parasites from attaching to IE.
Dave
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