Michael Miramontes Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 It seems like no matter what webpage I visit these days I have to click out of an annoying pop up ad or video that automatically starts streaming. I normally browse in Safari and have pop-ups blocked. Just wondering if there's a better way of blocking all the commercials. Any info is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I know you can in Chrome -- what pops up is a blank page because I've turned autoplay off. What you can't block completely are pop up ads that are embedded in the actual page. You can at least stop the video from playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Almalvez Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 i use a Chrome plug in called Adblock, works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Just get White Hat Aviator. Google is trying to kill it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 There's an extension called Adblock Plus for Firefox and Safari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 There's an extension called Adblock Plus for Firefox and Safari. Top tip thank you very much......:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks everyone for the info. I'll give those a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard-NYNY Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 there are a bunch of ad blockers, flash video blockers, facebook ad blockers, gmail ad blockers for firefox. adblock plus didnt do everything, so you might want to overdo it with tools and then see what works better. i really like the tool that makes website cookies self destruct when you close the tab. you can disable it for pages you need to keep cookies for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I use Firefox w/ Adblock Plus and Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon extension plugs. (The latter has options to allow pop-ups on certain websites or pages. I also use the Shockwave Flash player plug-in set to, "Ask to Activate" which gives the options 'Allow Now' or 'Allow and Remember' when applicable. Though this can be a PITA sometimes. The setting is easy to enable/disable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 i really like the tool that makes website cookies self destruct when you close the tab. you can disable it for pages you need to keep cookies for. Which one is that please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I downloaded adblock plus and so far it seems to be working well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard-NYNY Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Which one is that please? self destructing cookies https://addons.mozilla.org/en-Us/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/ works great, and no pukey aftertaste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Edwards Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I was just going to say use that mozilla plugin. Safari also does have an option too https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203987 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 "I was just going to say use that mozilla plugin" - Same here. Addons for Mozilla Firefox: 'Adblock Plus' and 'Adblock Plus Pop-up Blocker' . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard-NYNY Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Use the Ghostery add on with mozilla firefox to block tracking cookies. works great. don't stalk me bro!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordi Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 There are ads on the internet? Using my computer, you'd never know. I use Chrome browser, with Ublock Origin and Adblock, and a whole collection of custom rules that I have been tweaking for over 10 years of using adblockers and script stoppers. Let me see if I can paste my custom rule file into the forum here, and you can just copy/paste into your settings. Edit: I can actually export them, so here you go - Ublock Origin custom rules. Then select the list subscriptions to get most of the rules, and these lists are very good - 99% of nonsense is stopped right out with them my-ublock-static-filters_2-13-2016,_12-40-36_AM.txt my-ublock-dynamic-rules_2-13-2016,_12-40-19_AM.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Awesome bro! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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