how to not see advertising while surfing ?

[steve2000x]

just re-formatted...before it seemed like i wasn't seeing so much of the jumping flashing waving kind of advertising

now after new xp install and having installed new flash and god knows what else the advertising is bad enough i'm thinking about canceling my internet hookup. Sites like yahoo and myspace are the worst but seems like most all sites nowadays use this junk.

if i disable flash and other stuff most sites don't seem to work right but i'm not sure i've got the same combination of settings i had in internet tools options etc i had before. Is active x involved in this mess ?

Can someone suggest settings or something where you don't get so much advertising ??

 

[bchivers]

Download FireFox and try some of these extentions.
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/</a>
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/</a>
To disable blinking elements type about:config in the url bar and change the value of the preference browser.blink_allowed to false.
If you want more check out this page. http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#lay_blink

 

[n7]

Default Internet Explorer for browsing the internet = omg teh h0rr0r :Q
Firefox + Adblockplus = amazingly clean experience online

 

[Double Trouble]

I'd have to agree with previous posts, use mozilla firefox with an ad blocker and script blocker. Done, very clean and very easy.

 

[bruceb]

I agree with the use of Firefox + Adblockplus ... very good
I also use PopUp Stopper Pro and the Google Toolbar in Firefox
So 99.9% of all popups, etc are gone

 

[Malak]

IE7 should have a popup blocker already.

 

[sonoma1993]

wow that adblockplus and the scrpit thing is awesome. I just downloaded it 2 mins ago.

 

[steve2000x]

Ok, i installed firefox, adblock and some other stuff like suggested worked great as advertised...but then i couldn't see video on youtube, so i installed flash, now the flashing junk and animations are back.

question: can you set this up so that you can enable flash just for a particular site (like youtube) ???

 

[Jeff7]

Individual adservers or ads need to be blocked, ie, your Adblock installation needs to be "trained" as to which page elements are to be displayed, and which aren't.

Quick way:
Download this filter file. It's a 6KB text file. Or search Google for other Adblock filters.

In Firefox, open your Extensions window. (Ctrl+Shift+E)
Select AdblockPlus, right-click, and select Options
Under the Filters menu, select Import Filters
Find the saved text file and Open it to import it.
Click Apply/OK. Firefox might need to be restarted.

Note that I've not used that particular filterset, but it should do a fair job of blocking the biggest offenders in terms of obnoxious ads. I block sites like Doubleclick.com, Advertising.com, Doubleclick.com, atdmt.com, and numerous others like that - their only business is to display ads, and often they have really irritating ones that make me want to burn down the HQ of the advertisees, rather than buy anything from them.

 

[bchivers]

Give Flashblock a try.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/