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Hi I,m being driven insane by ads,i have windows 10. not being very tech savvy I don't know what to download to get rid.any help much appreciated.
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  • LHW99
    LHW99 Posts: 5,191 Forumite
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    What browser are you using? What site(s) do you get most trouble with the ads?

    Firefox has addons that you can install to help stop ads, most browsers have pop-up blockers (tho' they're not always 100% efficient).
  • I_have_spoken
    I_have_spoken Posts: 5,051 Forumite
    Edge in the Anniversary update to Windows 10 will come with Adblock, should be released early August
  • andygb
    andygb Posts: 14,652 Forumite
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    Just download Adblock Plus, it works for me, although I cannot read the Telegraph any more.
  • Edge in the Anniversary update to Windows 10 will come with Adblock, should be released early August


    Just got this on the Preview builds and it is the first useful extension released, Microsoft do listen sometimes :eek:
  • Hi,
    andygb wrote: »
    Just download Adblock Plus, it works for me, although I cannot read the Telegraph any more.

    if you click on ABP, it gives you the option to 'Disable on this page only', you could try that.
  • andygb wrote: »
    Just download Adblock Plus, it works for me, although I cannot read the Telegraph any more.

    Win win!

    :rotfl:
  • fenlander_uk
    fenlander_uk Posts: 632 Forumite
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    Or you could install the MVPS Hosts file. Works across all browsers you might have installed, including Edge, and makes separate ad-blockers unnecessary.

    Just unzip the downloaded file and run MVPS.bat as administrator. It gets an update every couple of months.
  • firefox1956
    firefox1956 Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    edited 8 August 2024 at 1:41PM
    Hi,



    if you click on ABP, it gives you the option to 'Disable on this page only', you could try that.

    Beat me to it............:cool:
  • shazzablue
    shazzablue Posts: 146 Forumite
    Thank you for all replys,i went into my programmes and removed some programmes that I didn't recognise!.this seems to have removed some,i will try some of the suggestions and hopefully get rid of more,thanks again folks.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Or you could install the MVPS Hosts file. Works across all browsers you might have installed, including Edge, and makes separate ad-blockers unnecessary.
    The only issue with this solution is that there is no very simple way of whitelisting a site that won't run with ads blocked that you want to view.

    As well as adblock plus extensions such as ghostery block adverts and there is an option to do so in the Opera browser settings.
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