Good Ad blocking program

[CCW]

As the title says looiking for a good ad-blocking program after asking in IRC Gooch told me to "not use the internet" and Turbo to "stop looking at goat pr0n"

Craig

[Smizack]

Good question. I haven't found one yet that's worth a damn.

[CCW]

Also, it has to be free please :) Im cheap, lol

[sjohnson]

After using Spybot Search & Destroy and SpywareBlaster I rarely get any popups.

http://www.safer-networking.org/ and
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

If those don't help you, check out the popup stopper list at
h t t p ://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,6831550~root=sware~mode=flat~viewpoll=1;ifr ame=1 (link expanded so show text, it wouldn't post properly here).
- too many to mention.

[NWEng]

I heard about EMS Free Surfer mkII from ":banana::banana::banana::banana: Tip of the Day" on Unscewed on TechTV, but haven't had a chance to try it yet. You can find it HERE (http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/) if you'd like to give it a go.


:cool:

[shray]

pah, Go Proximitron. http://www.proxomitron.info/ Prox, is based on you settting your web browser to 127.0.0.1 as an ip proxy for proximitron which filters from there/

BTW, SJ i cant even view that link and im regged there :D

And if you want DIRT CHEAP you'll do what i did and still stick by as my favorite.

This you stick in your C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
And your set :) extract it first

[sjohnson]

Guess dslr doesn't want direct links to old threads, they must have my IP linked to my old account - I DID have some pretty hefty privileges there.

I was going to recommend the Proxomitron except for two things: I couldn't find a link to the RD5000 config files and didn't want to overwhelm anyone with what is likely both the best and most complex of browser filters.

Proxomitron is excellent but does so very much more than simple pop-up stopping. If you're willing to take on a fairly steep learning curve or hunt for a good canned config file, it's fantastic.

Without the effort to learn it, though, chances are good you'll install it, then toss it. A well-tuned Proxomitron makes the Internet what it should be but a poorly-tuned proxo is a royal pain. I have it here but have removed it from my kids' rigs because it does get in the way at times and I don't have the time to tune it any better.

Host files are fine, but I've found that large hosts files significantly slow down my browsing.

[shray]

Originally posted by sjohnson

Host files are fine, but I've found that large hosts files significantly slow down my browsing.

Yea, I just installed the one i gave CCW i got mad slow, CCw if you can bare the lag its good but stick with SJ's suggestions.:)

[sjohnson]

OK, I found the site with some very good filters so if you want to try Proxomitron, get Version 4.5 thru the site shray mentions, then get the JD fillters from here: http://www.jd5000.net/proxo/

[CCW]

Thanks SJ I dont know if its soemthing im doing but I still got annoying pop-ups with those programs :(

[sjohnson]

What site gives the popups (PM me if you wish). Perhaps I can suggest a config line to stop them.

Plus, have you loaded the JD config file(s) into Proxomitron?

[CCW]

I didnt try Proxomitron, I tried Spybot Search & Destroy and SpywareBlaster, maybe I should try Proxomitron

Craig

[sjohnson]

I just finished (re) installing Proxo 4.5 and the JD config files. Given a site I could test it for ya.

[CCW]

I cant post pr0n links here, LOL, j/k, will take a look at other options and get back to ya :)

[CookieMonster]

I use the Google Toolbar's new popup blocker. quite nice, and I've used the toolbar for a while anyway.

[Johnny Knoxvill]

I use Mozilla Firebird, it has an inbuilt pop-up blocker which is pretty damn good

[sjohnson]

My only problem with Mozilla, Firebird, Opera and the Google toolbar is that I can't run a minimal toolbar, like this. Other than that, those are some good choices as well.

[CCW]

Originally posted by CookieMonster
I use the Google Toolbar's new popup blocker. quite nice, and I've used the toolbar for a while anyway.

Welcome to the Xtreme!

Hmmmm.........Google Toolbar's eh? Will look into it, how ironic, I will be using googles search engine to find googles toolbar ;)

Thanks,
Craig

[Bosw8er]

http://toolbar.google.com/install

have it on almost all work-boxes

result : not a single pop-up since installing it

bonus = Google (text + image) search in toolbar

[Peckers]

You might want to check out Crazy browser aswell. Great browser which has popup filter uncluding a black-list feauture. I can't remember if I have ever gotten a popup.

could you please test http://www.popuptest.com/ with your different blockers and see how well it does. Mine fails on these less common popup techniques;

http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest8.html
http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest14.html
http://www.popuptest.com/7/popuptest7.html
http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest6.html

[sjohnson]

Proxomitron 4.5 with the JD Extra filters:

popuptest fails on:

http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest9.html
http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest6.html

Partial failure on:

http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest8.html (orange popup with no text in it)
http://www.popuptest.com/7/popuptest7.html (airplane appears but no ad behind it).

Passes all others including "good" popups.

[TheDude]

I also like the Google toolbar because I use it so often and hows about Opera7? ;)

[Peckers]

thanks sjohnson.
I installed Proxomitron+JD config and it seem to be a powerful program indeed. I still have some learning to do before I understand all the settings though :D

[sjohnson]

Yup, proxo is far more than a popup stopper, has a pretty steep learning curve if you want more than what someone else has configured!

You could use it to overcome the weakness of any browser if you worked at it...

[CCW]

Google has been the best so far but it doesnt stop the things like the security warnings, i..e if a site needs flash it will pop up and say do you want to downlaod blah blah blah, anyway way I can stop them?

Thanks,
Craig

[sjohnson]

Proxomitron baby! ;)

[CCW]

Nope, they still pop up ,lemme play with it for a bit