Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Ad remover
I used Ad Remover for a week (they offer a free "trial") and it seemed to remove a lot of ads.
The online newspaper was much easier to read. It seemed to work well and leave all my passwords intact. I'd like to now buy the yearly subscription which costs $40.00. However I don't know what it is doing to the "brains" of my computer behind the scenes. Anyone have any experience with Ad Remover?
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Try the Adguard Content Blocker app. It's free.
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Thanks for your suggestion - free is way better than $40 per year.
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Bare, I have been using Adblock Plus (ABP) for years with all my browsers. I love it and it's free, too.
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Last edited by John_W; 04-17-2019 at 03:03 PM. |
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Sorry John, I should have specified that I've been using Google Chrome since I switched from Rogers to Gmail. I have no idea what a pop up is, but I downloaded the pop up blocker also. Should I also download Easy Adblock Safesearch? Or is that overkill?
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Barefoot At Last No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever. Last edited by Barefoot; 01-07-2019 at 08:30 PM. |
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I use ABP with google chrome and it works great
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Last edited by John_W; 04-17-2019 at 03:02 PM. |
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Thanks Ureout and Champion. I've now dowloaded ABP and it's working - and it's free!
I'm glad I asked the question about Ad Remover.
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Barefoot At Last No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever. |
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Barefoot At Last No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever. |
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I prefer uBlock Origin to AdblockPlus. It's free as well. Perhaps a bit more on the geeky side, but very effective, at least for me.
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Thanks everyone for your help.
Do I also need a virus blocker as well as adblock plus? (I currently have Avast Premium because a guy from Tech Heads recommended it.)
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Barefoot At Last No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever. |
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Legitimate ad blockers will not hurt your computer, but keep in mind that some website features/functions might not work. If a web page doesn't load correctly, if you can't see icons or links, videos won't play, the comment section isn't showing, etc., disabling the ad blocker for that site should be the first thing you check. There should be an icon for the ad blocker app displayed on your browser toolbar that you can access to enable/disable blocking on individual pages, or temporarily turn it all off.
Some sites don't allow ad blockers at all; those will typically show an onscreen message to that effect. |
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I just looked for Windows Defender and I have it!
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Barefoot At Last No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever. |
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