red alert Posted December 29, 2008 ID:43098 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hello there fellow haters of malware. I just want to say that I love malware bytes and have a paid copy. I think it is great software. My question is this, does anyone out there know of any software that can block annoying banner ads? I'm tired of have stuff flash on my screen and making sounds lol. I don't need pee pee pills. I'm tired of hearing how I won an ipod. I'm tired of running into viruses in the wild through rogue ads on legitimate sites (fortunately avast catches everything).Can anyone recommend software whether free or not that can make my browsing experience peaceful and safe? Also, I use a paid version of malware bytes, Spybot search and destroy with tea timer and full immunization, avast with high settings on the on access scanner heuristics, zone alarm free with high settings and locking my host file through the advanced settings tab and filtering traffic on port 1394 whatever that means lol, and always make sure I have the latest windoze updates. Do I have enough security stuff or do I need more? Many thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TeMerc Posted December 29, 2008 Staff ID:43102 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hello red alert and welcome to Malwarebytes forums.A good way to block banners ads and flash ones is to install a hosts file.Read hereTwo most recommended: MVPS Hosts File hpHosts The latter contains more sites as they tend to include domains\IPs which are involved in even the slightest way with malware distribution or sites involved in any other sort of salacious activities. Basically, lay with dogs, get fleas type of thing.Also, some firewalls have some nice features which block ads as well. But in most cases you have to buy them to get those features.Hope that helps some. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red alert Posted December 29, 2008 Author ID:43123 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Thanks for the welcome TeMerc. Just did the hp hosts host file. Very very nice! No more ads! Nothing like quiet browsing and it was so easy to setup. Thanks again for the useful link! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TeMerc Posted December 29, 2008 Staff ID:43143 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Thanks for the welcome TeMerc. Just did the hp hosts host file. Very very nice! No more ads! Nothing like quiet browsing and it was so easy to setup. Thanks again for the useful link! Glad I could help.To manage your hosts file we recommend using HostsXpert. With this tool, you can download the latest updates, merge them with another hosts file, edit entries and much more. It's freeware and works very well on all systems Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 29, 2008 ID:43168 Share Posted December 29, 2008 HostsMan is a similar program to HostsXpert and works very well also: http://www.abelhadigital.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted December 29, 2008 ID:43183 Share Posted December 29, 2008 HostsMan's companion HostsServer is a good proxy to speed up browsing and I like its Log referrer to see the effectiveness of the HOSTS file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjpritch25 Posted January 2, 2009 ID:44160 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Surfing the web with firefox and NoScript extension is safe bet. It will prevent quite a few infections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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