How to block ads?

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How do you block ads? Is there a way to do it in Firefox? Or Safari? Or is there free software you can download?

I just want to block the ads that move. They make it hard to focus and they give me a headache. I'm kind of indifferent to the motionless ads, but it would be nice if they disappeared because they can also be distracting.

Yeah, the movement affects me as well - I get headaches and some nausea, plus irritation

Some browsers allow you to "block animated media" (look down there on your status bar), which helps a little. The other thing I do, when I am reading the New York Times online, for example, is always select the Print version of the article, which strips out all of the ads and animation.

I can't find a way to block animated media in Firefox or Safari.

There sure is a way to block all advertisements in Firefox, your going to have to go to tools then click on add on's, that will bring up an add on widow, click on the link for Get Extensions which will bring you to the Firefox Add-ons webpage, look for the link on the right hand side that says Most Popular: and select Adblock Plus install that and you will be ad free after restarting firefox
hope this helps

Thank you! That worked!

And for Safari:

http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net/

http://code.google.com/p/safariblock/

your welcome, I have been using ad blocker for a year now, I had to turn it off once to see what some of the ads were on here, but being in canada I wasn't seeing the same ones, mostly Beer and Canadian Tire ads

Thanks for the info, you guys - it has been helpful for me with the browser I am stuck with at work

Question about adblock plus: Does it block all flash media as well? There are a couple flash animation sites I go to...

I use Webroot Spy Sweeper. It blocks ads pretty well.

You can get Flashblock - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

Which will not load flash objects unless you click on it. This is generally very effective but quite annoying when a websites layout consits of a few flash elements.

I've got a good tip for removing ads, I've been using this method for blocking ads for over 3 years and I hardly ever see ads...

Go to:

http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html (This is the best hosts file I have used and I have tested out at least 15 different ones)

Just stick that into system32/drivers/etc, overwrite the old hosts file, and after that you will rarely ever see any ads. One thing I must note though, right after you are done installing the host file go into firefox and type in about:config in the address bar. Scroll down until you see "XUL error pages", double click it so that it says "false" under value. If you don't do that you will get "can't connect" messages in place of the ads that you'd normally be seeing but now you won't see any ads at all. It's a great method and I highly recommend it.

BTW, if you use IE I recommend that you don't use this method, you will get annoying error messages in place of all the ads that you'd normally be seeing, but if you use IE explorer ads probably don't bother you because you are so used to seeing them...



Also, if you use Firefox install Adblockplus for extra ad blocking.

It shouldn't I am aways on a few flash site like newgrounds or Albino Blacksheep and never had a problem with adblock