If you’re not using Mozilla, it’s time to get on the gravy train.
Whatever you do, avoid Examiner blogs, they are the worst. A half dozen pop-ups or float overs along with banners on every available inch of real-estate. I’ve started getting alerts of a lot of tracking cookies too.
FWIW, I use AdMuncher. It blocks most banner ads and popups, and if there’s a particular site it doesn’t block for some reason, you can usually add that on.
It’s not free, but it’s great. I’ve had it since it went into business ten years ago, one of the few from back then that I’ve kept.
Very small program, and it actually speeds up access to most sites since you don’t download all those visual ads. I visit lots of sites and hardly ever see an ad anywhere.
Some sites are so ad rich that they aren’t worth visiting for their content.
Get other like minded add-ons, to stop re-directs etc. SO many good ones....
See if your browser allows you to shut off Javascript (and Java, to be safe), that will probably take care of it. Also, some browsers have separate settings that can just refuse to let anyone but you open a new window.
Newsmax is particularly horrible and I won’t go there. To make matters worse they spam crap all over Facebook too.
I KNOW EXACTLY what you mean.
I got pop up blocker and it is just about as bad as the pop up sites/adds.
Every time one attempts to popup - my popup blocker asks me if I want to block their add.
My question is - why won’t a pop up blocker do exactly what it is supposed to do and leave me out of the discussion?
I don’t want the adds and I don’t feel the need to justify my decision to reject their adds every time.
Might as well be speaking Swahili. What is popup?
If you ever find yourself in a situation where an adblock variation or another addon isn’t feasible — install this as a startup script in your DDWRT router:
Code:
_rogue=127.0.0.1
echo -e “n=1\nwhile ! wget -q -O /tmp/hsts http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt ; do\n\t[ \$n -gt 5 ] && break\n\tlet n+=1\n\tsleep 60\ndone\ngrep \”^127.0.0.1\” /tmp/hsts | grep \”^127.0.0.1\” | grep -v localhost | awk ‘{print \”$_rogue\\\t\”\$2}’ | tr -d ‘\\\015’ >/tmp/dlhosts\nrm /tmp/hsts\nkillall -HUP dnsmasq” >/tmp/wh
sh /tmp/wh &
Additional DNSMasq Options script:
Code:
addn-hosts=/tmp/dlhosts
I agree that they’re annoying, but if we want a successful and profitable conservative press then the price will be advertising. For Pete’s sake, Limbaugh is all ads, but that’s what keeps him on the air.
I agree. I don’t even go to these sites anymore.
Many pop-ups seem malicious. Often my anti-virus software warns me against proceeding. Other times, a fake Microsoft warning comes up claiming my machine is infected, & offering to clean the problem. Exiting these windows usually requires closing Explorer via the task manager. You can't click your way out. That only spawns more windows.
Makes me so damn mad!!!!!!
Warning to Breitbart & other sites with these annoying, potentially dangerous pop-ups: I don't go to your site very often anymore. I can easily get my news & opinions from sites that treat visitors better. You have a lot of competition.
Mozilla FireFox + Noscript addin = CONTROL
Noscipt blocks all scripts from running unless you selectively allow them to run. You can “train” Noscript to allow your favorite sites to function to the degree you want. You will be amazed how much marketing “spyware” clutters practically any web site now.