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Regarding printed ads - they don't use track you in the way the majority of on-line adverts do. However, whether you'd block them for that reason alone is down to personal paranoia!

Back on dial-up, I'd block most ads purely because of speed issues, but now with broadband it's less of a problem.

The ads I do hate and generally block are Flash animations with audio. A handy little tool FlashSwitch sits in the system tray ready to turn Flash on or off at a single click.

i have been converted to firefox.

its extension system has enabled me to find a free plugin called 'AdBlock' which works amazingly well - better than Norton Internet Security. Here's some popular websites, descumed:

no bbc news ticker:



no full screen flash adverts making silly noises:



no google syndication text ads:

Yes, AdBlock is very good. By the way, can I ask, what set of filters are you using for it?

cdd wrote:Yes, AdBlock is very good. By the way, can I ask, what set of filters are you using for it?

just ones i added in. i went on all the sites i visit regularly and added them that way.

Here's my adblock patterns string from the aboutconfig page:

http://adserver.adtech.de/* http://ads.adviva.net/* http://view.atdmt.com/* http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/* http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/* http://*.falkag.net/* http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/javascript/vcl.js http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/html/jsserver/* http://*.tradedoubler.com/* http://*.adbureau.net/* http://*.imrworldwide.com/*

Do a search on Google with "adblock.txt" as a keyword.
Download a suitable "adblock.txt" file to your desktop.
Go to your Adblock Options window (Ctrl Shift P) .
Click button labelled "Adblock Options".
Select the "Import Filters" option.

The rest is self explanatory . . .

I downloaded a few adblock files off the itnernet but they seemed to "overblock", so to speak.

Thanks!

cdd wrote: I downloaded a few adblock files off the itnernet but they seemed to "overblock", so to speak.

Thanks!

In that case, just click Cancel when you see this dialog . . .



The new filters from the adblock.txt file you've downloaded will be added to your existing filters.