Add Blocker for IE

silkyuk9

Can anyone recommend a good free ad blocker for IE windows 8.

I am sick of ads appearing in square boxes as soon as ive been on shopping sites such as Tesco, Asda, or Very.co.uk

I do not ask these companies to make my viewing experience crap with all their damn ads. There should be a law that says they should pay you to put square ads all over the screen.

poppy10_2

silkyuk9 wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good free ad blocker for IE windows 8.

I am sick of ads appearing in square boxes as soon as ive been on shopping sites such as Tesco, Asda, or Very.co.uk

I do not ask these companies to make my viewing experience crap with all their damn ads. There should be a law that says they should pay you to put square ads all over the screen.

Rather than using an add-on for internet explorer (most of which come with security holes) it would be better to switch to a more secure browser like Firefox or Google Chrome which come with in-built pop-up blockers and other malware protection.

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox

or

http://www.google.com/chrome

waddler_8

Tracking Protection is part of IE's security and privacy features. Subscribe to a Tracking Protection List (TPL) such as EasyPrivacy

Install a custom hosts file.

poppy10_2

waddler_8 wrote: »

Tracking Protection is part of IE's security and privacy features. Subscribe to a Tracking Protection List (TPL) such as EasyPrivacy

Install a custom hosts file.

Tracking Protection does not block any ads

waddler_8

Who said it did?

bod1467

So how does your post help the OP? (The question was about an AD blocker for IE, not a TRACKING stopper).

/devil's advocate

waddler_8

Are people just not bothering to fully read posts and the links contained therein today or what?

I am sick of ads appearing in square boxes as soon as ive been on shopping sites such as Tesco, Asda, or Very.co.uk

My bold. If they're seeing targeted ad's as the post suggests then they're being tracked - Hence the tracking protection.

waddler_8 wrote: »

Install a custom hosts file.

Read the link if you don't know what you can do with a custom hosts file.

...and just to add - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/ie9-and-tracking-protection-microsoft-disrupts-the-online-ad-business/3004

http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/ie/fanboy-noele.tpl

Laz123

I should listen to waddler_8. I had exactly the same problem and he fixed it. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4539301

bod1467

bod1467 wrote: »

So how does your post help the OP? (The question was about an AD blocker for IE, not a TRACKING stopper).

/devil's advocate

Are people not bothering to read posts properly (my bold).

Gunstar

poppy10 wrote: »

Rather than using an add-on for internet explorer (most of which come with security holes) it would be better to switch to a more secure browser like Firefox or Google Chrome which come with in-built pop-up blockers and other malware protection.

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox

or

http://www.google.com/chrome

^^ this

waddler_8

bod1467 wrote: »

So how does your post help the OP...

/devil's advocate

bod1467 wrote: »

Are people not bothering to read posts properly (my bold).

Oh, I read it - I just couldn't see why you had to play devil's advocate when it was all in the post...

...plus I was a little bit grumpy yesterday :whistle: