How-To: Block most ads using Firefox

gene cleangene clean
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
This is borrowed from a different forum, and it's for informational purposes only. All credits go to Jerome Bettis from Ubuntu Forums for writing the original how-to.



Now that we got that out of the way, follow this if you want to block 99% of ads that show up in the sites you visit.



Requirements: Firefox 1.0.x For Linux, Mac, or Windows



1. Install the ChromEdit extension available here: https://addons.update.mozilla.org/ex...=Windows&id=17

2. Restart firefox

3. Open this link: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock and copy all of the text you see there.

4. Go to Tools > Edit user files. Click the userContent.css tab up top.

5. Clear/Delete the text found there, and paste what you copied in step #3.

6. Restart Firefox and voi·lÃ*.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I just use AdBlock and filter stuff by hand (built up quite a nice list by now). I'll try your method on the next system I set up with Firefox, it looks awesome.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by groverat

    I just use AdBlock and filter stuff by hand (built up quite a nice list by now). I'll try your method on the next system I set up with Firefox, it looks awesome.



    Me too untill I found these filter rules, now I just update the rules from this site once every 2-4 months or whenever I get ads.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Those are pretty good, I start with those as well on fresh installs. But I have a ton of stuff added that it seems to miss. (And also stuff it wouldn't have because of website obscurity.)
  • Reply 4 of 4
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    Well, I don't see any more ads. Not even on OSNews with its notorious flash ads.
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