Freeware adblocker for VISTA IE7 ?

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

Does anyone know a free ad-blocker for IE7 under VISTA -- I had a good
one in NIS2007 on XP but so far it is not available for VISTA although
I see they have just added:

<< The Norton Internet Security Add-on Pack is currently only available
for the Windows XP operating system. Norton Internet Security Add-on
Pack that is compatible with Windows Vista will be available by 30
March 2007. >>

But if anyone has suggestions for a good ad-blocker I'd be grateful.

PS Not a pop-up blocker but an ad-blocker .....

 

[Nathanial Woolls]

Does anyone know a free ad-blocker for IE7 under VISTA -- I had a good
one in NIS2007 on XP but so far it is not available for VISTA although

Try AdMuncher. I've had a lot of luck with this.

 

[Mark Veldhuis]

Try AdMuncher. I've had a lot of luck with this.

Me too. Not freeware, though....


Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

 

[Robert Ettel]

But AdMuncher does not run with IE7 until you disable IE7 Protected Mode
and - for the Autostart feature - UAC.

 

[Nathanial Woolls]

But AdMuncher does not run with IE7 until you disable IE7 Protected Mode
and - for the Autostart feature - UAC.

I've had to do neither of these, FYI. I have UAC enabled and IE7 is in
Protected Mode and AdMuncher works just fine.

 

[Robert Ettel]

How do you manage to get Ad Muncher working at Autostart? My Vista Ultimate
always tells me that it "blocked some unknown software from starting up" (I
thing because admuncher.exe is not signed)

 

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

Thanks -- I'll check that out .... for cost <g>

PS I've checked their website -- it does not mention any fee; is it
free or not?

It doesn't mention VISTA either even for waht they call a new version.

 

[Nathanial Woolls]

Thanks -- I'll check that out .... for cost <g>

Sorry, I recently looked and Ad Muncher was all I found that worked well,
free or not. My reply was brief, it was late for me

PS I've checked their website -- it does not mention any fee; is it
free or not?

It looks like it's $25. The download is a 30 day trial.

 

[Nathanial Woolls]

How do you manage to get Ad Muncher working at Autostart? My Vista
Ultimate always tells me that it "blocked some unknown software from
starting up" (I thing because admuncher.exe is not signed)

I'm not sure why it isn't blocked for me. Try Start>defender and hit <Enter>
to launch Windows Defender. Then, in Defender, go to Tools and then Software
Explorer, and click Show for All Users. Elevate, and then find AdMuncher on
the left and hit the Enable button on the right. Hopefully that works for
you.

 

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

Thanks for the extra information -- I only looked hurriedly.

I had an email from someone suggesting AdAware which I have a licensed
copy of and have been using in XP but I never turned on the Ad related
part of it so I don't know what it really does.

 

[Nathanial Woolls]

Thanks for the extra information -- I only looked hurriedly.

I had an email from someone suggesting AdAware which I have a licensed
copy of and have been using in XP but I never turned on the Ad related
part of it so I don't know what it really does.

AdAware is for removing ad-ware, aka spy-ware. AFAIK, it does not actually
block advertisements, which is what AdMuncher does.

 

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

My Vista Ultimate 
always tells me that it "blocked some unknown software from starting up"

My Business edition keeps on saying this to me at intervals while I am
using VISTA but if I accept the invitation to see what it has blocked
everything it shows me has Permission! Anyone know what's up?

 

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

That's what I thought but as I said, I received an email suggesting it.

I'll try AdMuncher at least to see how it works.

Thanks for the pointer.

PS __ I've installed AdMuncher but in VISTA and with IE7 it totally
stops IE7 loading the website I particularly want to go to. So I've
disabled it for now until I play with options but a quick turning off
of every option on the tabs still stopped AdMuncher from loading. I'll
have to check to see if it is IE7 security settings unless you have any
suggestions.