Adblock

Newguy · Post by **Newguy** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:54 pm

My adblock does not work. it has NEVER worked. I get pop-ups constantly. I am about to go to safari. Can anyone help? I add filters but the same popups come back. If they went to the task bar - fine, but they open in a new window on top of what I'm doing. I am of the opinion that this sucks big time.

mrbene · Post by **mrbene** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:28 am

The main purpose of Adblock Plus is to eliminate ads within a web page:

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 ________
| CO  AD |
| NT  AD |
| EN  AD |
| T      |
|________|

becomes

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 ________
| CONT   |
| ENT    |
|        |
|        |
|________|

If you have:

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        _____
 ______| POP |
| CO  A| UP  |
| NT  A|_____|
| EN  AD |
| T      |
|________|

or, more likely with Adblock installed:

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        _____
 ______| POP |
| CONT | UP  |
| ENT  |_____|
|        |
|        |
|________|

It's probably because of an adware infection. Check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware

For more information.