Fighting annoying ads

1. Use firefox (preferred)
   Install adblock and flashblock. configure adblock to suit your needs. use google and your common sense. also use the source (of the web page)
2. Use the opera browser. It has an option panel where you can block certain urls…
3. Redirect adservers and the like to your local host (127.0.0.1). in unix systems learn about the /etc/hosts file. in windows have a look at windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts. they have the same purpose. learn about it.

Also I am not against ads (mostly) just against those ads that think they need to have all your attention - especially when several of those flash ads compete on one page for you. flash also tends to suck lots of cpu power from you… well that’s when you gonna love flashblock’s default block all setting. you decide which flash parts you wanna see. period. google adsense in its current text only way is fine. sometimes even I myself click on interesting ads. Simple picture banners or with a nondisturing animation are also fine.