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Blocking Internet
advertisements
How Ad Blocking works
Block by dimensions
Block by location
When Ad Blocking is enabled, it transparently removes:
Ad banners
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Pop-up and pop-under ads
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Macromedia Flash-based ads
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Ad Blocking detects and blocks ads based on two criteria:
their dimensions and their locations.
Most online advertisers use one or more standard sizes
for their ads. Ad Blocking includes the ability to block
images and other
HTML
dimensions as these common ad sizes.
Every file on the Internet has a unique address or URL
(uniform resource locator). When you view a Web page,
your computer connects to the address you request and
displays the file that is stored there. If the page includes
graphics, audio files, and other multimedia content, your
browser displays the files as part of the page.
When you go to a Web page that includes an ad, the
instructions used to display the page might include the
following:
elements that have the same
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