-ct- Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 a search of the forum for "block ads firefox" came up with nothing..a search of google came up with some extensions, but nothing that will allow the same functionality as www.ad-shield.com 's plugin for IE doesIE rightclick context menu:can't do that in FF, you have to go through multiple menus whereas in IE you rightclick the ad or link or whatever or just click the AD button on the tool bar which brings up this menu, like so:i haven't found anything so far that ad shield doesn't block when i've told it to(fyi, this was a SS taken on a 12" screen, the list in the above pic is much larger on more than 800x600 screens) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erronius Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Take a look at Adblock. It's a different kind of program than Adshield but does what you're looking for and more. It's one of the most popular FF extensions and probably the closest thing to Adshield you can get for FF. You can find it here: AdblockThey have a dedicated forum here: Adblock Forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epp_b Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Ooooooooooooooorrrr, just go to http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and use a hosts file :DBlock those ads in everywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-ct- Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 ok, that seems to workclose to the same, but slightly offmaybe a default list of places to be blocked is available, it's late so i'm not looking- known about hosts file for a long time, it's never been easy to edit on the fly though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plukaduk Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Take a look at Adblock. It's a different kind of program than Adshield but does what you're looking for and more. It's one of the most popular FF extensions and probably the closest thing to Adshield you can get for FF. You can find it here:Â AdblockThey have a dedicated forum here: Adblock Forum I use this and have found it to be very effective. If any body want's a AdBlock Filters list send me a message... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-ct- Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 I use this and have found it to be very effective. If any body want's a AdBlock Filters list send me a message... or just attach the file to a post here and we can get it at any time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webb Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 You can get the AdBlock filters here.My personal preference is for Anto00Zero's list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erronius Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 maybe a default list of places to be blocked is available, it's late so i'm not lookingThere are many blocklists out there for Adblock - some are better than others, some are better suited for an individual's particular needs than others etc.You might try looking at the Adblock Project Forum referenced in my post above, read some of the sticky threads at the top and read through some of the posts. There you will find loads of info about blocklists, where to get them, opinions, links and where to find basic info about Regular Expressions which is the language Adblock uses for its blocking ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil P Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 These filters are what I use, and they're the best I've come across.Good instructions, too:w00tx100:Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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