please can anyone recommend a good ad blocker?

[southeastastra]

this site is driving me mad, it just doesn't load. been like it for ages. would an ad blocker heal it?

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Firefox + Add Block Plus = lovely advert free internet

thanks terramum, does add block plus just work on firefox?

I use this one

have installed that otter, weird how firefox makes mn look isn't it. will see if it makes any difference!

I love firefox, have it on the laptop, much better than IE.

hmm won't seem to let me log on though testing

oh yes it does

"does add block plus just work on firefox?"

yes - it's one of the hundreds of "add-ons" you can customise firefox with. Daunting at first when greeted with all of them...but really easy to install & uninstall if you decide you don't like them.

Click on the little snake at the bottom right of your screen. I found that pages load much faster and you can 'temporarily permit' any of the various pages that come up.

yes firefox as always

ah it must be the ads making mn slow for me as it's really slow on IE and quick as lightening on ff!

thank you all, clever people

For those that prefer other browsers (IE, Opera, Safari, etc) there's also Privoxy

Oh. My. God. Thank you for the thread SEA! Thankyou for the suggestion terramum!

My dial-up connection speed is atrocious (beyond atrocious actually... averages 16.8kbps, but have no choice due to remoteness) and I've been trying to block for ages.
Never knew it was as simple as a Firefox add-on.

Another ad block plus with firefox fan here. Can never understand it when people say the site is slow, as it runs like a dream for me!

you think FF2 is quick - try the release candidate of FF3 - more than twice as fast...

Try kaspersky anti virus software. It blocks ads and makes a real difference to the speed of your pc. Miles better.

Before you get kaspersky I have that on the laptop and with some MN ads it stops the whole of mn active convos working for me and the only way I can get it to work is to turn kaspersky off then on again refresh then turn kasper Spy off again. I have it permanantly off now as it's more trouble than it's worth.

I found the same with Kaspersky.. ..bad AV, BAD BAD AV...