Browse the Web without Advertising |
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| by Oscar Sodani | |
| May 27, 2005 | |
 Oscar Sodani is a founder of Help2Go and owner of Help2Go Networks, an IT consulting firm in the Washington D.C. area. Oscar holds the CISSP certification as well as industry certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and Novell. Advertising has taken over the web. Ads are all over web pages, popping up, flashing, blinking, and thoroughly annoying. Even worse, downloading those ads can eat up your Internet bandwidth, a serious consideration for those surfing on a 56K connection. By using the Adblock extension for Firefox, you can effectively remove all advertisements from the web. It makes surfing SO much more enjoyable, and decidedly faster. Take the plunge with this step-by-step tutorial. Important addendum: If you are using version 8 of Flash and a version of Firefox prior to 1.5, follow these steps after installing Adblock:
You can also download a version of this tutorial to play on your own computer whenever you want! If you would like to print out this tutorial so that you can keep it as a reference, Additional tips: Many folks out there maintain pre-configured Adblock filter lists that block out almost all of the ads you find on the net. This is recommended for ADVANCED users only, as these lists are extremely comprehensive and leave no ad untouched. A popular (and thorough) filter list can be found here: Adblock Filters. Just download the text file with the latest date. You can import these filter lists by: Also, please remember that some sites depend on advertising for revenue. If you want to support a web site, leave the ads enabled for that one, or the site may disappear from the 'net. But of course, Help2Go is advertising-free! Have a question? Need help? Get free, friendly person-to-person help with your computer questions or spyware questions in our help forums! |
