Here's a very good way to optimize your use of Internet Explorer. It blocks ads of all kinds, including banners, Flash-based, and embedded. There are plenty of configuration options, including telling it to display ads from specific domains or pages. If you turn on the Flash blocker, you won't be able to view YouTube videos, so you may want to tell the program to only display Flash from specific domains.
--Preston Gralla
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Ad Annihilator blocks many pop-up ads, cookies, and other distractions, but it's a geeky tool and you'll need spare time to configure it perfectly.
Not happy with your ad-blocker? Try this one, a favorite of columnist Steve Bass.
AdBarricade blocks banner, Flash and tracking sites using a small tool that resets your DNS servers.
Speed up your browsing by replacing banner ads with dummy files.
Protect your privacy and speed up your browsing with this Web filtering tool.
This is one of the most popular Firefox add-ons, and for good reason.
Block banner, popup,fly-in,flash,ActiveX ads and other annoyances on Web sites.
Block ads in IE 8 with this simple, no-frills plug-in.
AdsCleaner is a perfect ad stopper and pop up blocker. It blocks banners by black list, by dimension and much more. It allows "shrink" page exclude place occupy advertising. Online privacy tool. Adding comments for visited pages save you time.
AdsCleaner is a perfect ad stopper and pop up blocker. Clear all tracks of your online activities. Bookmark manager. It is easy to add comments for visited pages, load many pages by one click, translate and voice web pages, manage opened IE, create...
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