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um....how do i block ads that are flash ones?

If i right click on them i dont have any adblock options.....can anyone advise?

Also what does that * stuff and wildcard stuff mean? I`m finding that alot of ads still come through on reviewer....

please answer the questions as if you`re talking to a total computer spastic please.....cos i am....

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Companies that have p**sed me off so much that I will never use them again and I hope you dont either....
Alloy Bodies of Manchester - The Grand Daddy & Benchmark for shockingly poor customer service.
Capital Bank Leasing who are part of BOS & are f**ing useless & struggle to action the smallest request but are fantastically efficient at taking money out of my account
Abbey National Absolutely diabolical service - how hard is it to change £60 of coins into notes????
....more coming soon no doubt.....

You need to right click on the adblock icon and select "List alladblockable elements" then look down the list for any .swf files and block those.

It`s best to block out entire domains that are just adservers, that`s what the wildcards are for. I.E. heres a short list from mine:

http://*.2mdn.net/*
http://*.atdmt.com*
http://*.mediaplex.com/*
http://*.adbureau.net/*
http://*.advertising.com/*
http://*.casalemedia.com/*
http://*.akamai.net/*

etc..

blocking domains is best, use the filterset.g addon with it to automatically do loads.

I tried blocking *.swf

problem with that is so many websites use flash for general navigation loads of sites stop working all together :(

A;

I use a program called super ad blocker costs about £12 the year .... stops em all !!! :D

Coops

Flash ones have a little pale grey tab attached to them that says "AdBlock"... well I think they do it`s been so long. Otherwise, yeah, block them through the menu.

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I use a program called super ad blocker costs about £12 the year

Madness! :o If you don`t want Firefox you could always download a modified Hosts file to block ad domains.



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Madness! :D Agree. :D

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