Do Ad Blockers Really Work?

Ran across this and thought I'd share it with you if you dislike popup Internet advertisements as much as I do.

If you have ever had a series of pop up ads slow down or even crash your computer, you are in no doubt the same frame of mind as I am. Those ads could not be any more annoying, and that’s how I feel about the people who put them up.

If I see a company name on a pop up ad, I will never shop from them. If you are going to annoy me like that, there is no way I want to buy your product or service. The good news is that you can get an ad blocker that will take care of most of these ads, and most of the time they are absolutely free of charge.

Google Ad Blockers

If you have the Google toolbar, you have a free ad blocker to use. I have one of these and it works 99 percent of the time. It even tells me how many ads it has blocked. It’s amazing how high that number can get in just a few months.

Though most people have ad blockers, there are still a high number of pop up ads out there. As far as I am concerned, a pop up ad is much like a telemarketer calling at dinnertime. They are endlessly annoying, and any type of ad blocker is a welcome tool on my computer.

Choose Your Popup Block Tool Carefully

Almost any tool bar you can download will have an ad blocker. I also have one from Furl. Make sure you know the source of any tool bar before you download it though, and never get one from an unknown source, even if you really want the ad blocker.

Some of them will suck the life out of your computer and they will send your web browsing habits to advertisers who want to know where you go online and what kinds of things you do.

Your ad blocker will do well for you no matter where you get it, but there are some ads it does not catch for some reason. I’m afraid it’s like spam email. Though there are ways to get rid of most of it, there are still some that slip through.

As hard as people work to make an ad blocker or spam eliminator, there is a hacker working just as hard to find a way around the both of them.

Ad Blockers And Kids

If you are a parent, an ad blocker can be necessary to protect your children from the sometimes harmful contents of the internet. Many ads that pop up may advertise things that are potentially dangerous or upsetting to children, such as por.nography or shocking videos and documentaries.

An ad blocker will decrease the likelihood of these advertisements popping up, and even if they sometimes do, they will be much more infrequent if you have an ad blocker.

Besides this, ad blockers can greatly increase your performance of your web browser. The amount of resources taken up by ads that repeatedly pop up and pop up is ridiculous – it wastes your computers processing power, and it wastes your time. But with an ad blocker, you can go right where you want on the internet without bothering about advertisements.

You Can't Stop Everyone

Of course, an ad blocker alone is not enough to stop all web mischief on your computer. Some systems will install harmful “malware” on your computer which will stop it from functioning correctly.

This software will keep track of where you go on the internet and sends reports back to advertisers so that they can track you and try to sell things to you. It can also subver ad blockers and make you see advertisements that should be blocked.

They can even use web diverters on you, which make your computer go to sites other than the one which you chose to go to, and make some web sites unavailable to you.

Get A Good Anti-Virus Program

To stop this ruthless plundering of your computer by unethical hackers, it is essential that you obtain a virus detector and eliminator to stop them from infecting you. Also, you must always be sure to use the internet responsibly.

Do not go to web sites with lots of ads or places that look “fishy” or seem to promise illegal or questionable services. These are more likely than any others to be the ones to subvert your computer and ruin your productivity.

Better safe than sorry when it comes to surfing the Internet. Don't let popups rule your net life.