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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $19.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: April 06, 2008
- Total Downloads: 73,369
- Downloads last week: 267
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 28 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Despite the ongoing efforts of browser developers, adware and pop-up ads continue to annoy the Web surfer. But this little Internet Explorer add-on will help reclaim the pop-up-free Web-browsing experience you remember from the golden age of the Internet. Or at the very least, reduce the aggravating intrusion of unwanted advertising.
AdBlocker Pro installs an unobtrusive icon--a small green shield--on both your IE toolbar and the IE status bar. We were able to configure it by clicking either icon, which we found handy for folks who may want to rely on accessing ad-blocking tools from a location other than an already-cluttered toolbar. In our tests, we found configuring the tool a very simple process, enabling us to specify at which sites the tool should kill pop-up and flash ads. We also liked the filter log, which listed the blocked items from the sites we visited.
AdBlocker Pro performed well in our tests, and we were pleased with its generous trial period, which should allow any user time enough to decide whether to register and purchase the tool. You can probably find similar blockers with more bells and whistles, but we liked the simplicity AdBlocker Pro offers. We wish it were available for other browsers beside IE, but maybe a future version will offer that option.
Publisher's description
From Adblock Pro :AdBlocker Pro is a small, effective, and intelligent anti-ad software product that can remove annoying ads of website without human intervention. It features a smart engine that can identify possible ads and remove them even before you can see them. AdBlocker Pro can block annoying pop-ups, banner, flyins ,flash, ActiveX ads and other Internet Ad annoyances. It not only eliminates the annoyance, but improves your surfing speed as well.
Version 2.6 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version 2.6 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 28 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Adblock Pro 2.6
"Greatest one I have found!!!!!"
Pros: Works like a charm and is so easy to set up!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Adblock Pro 2.6
"Good software,Absolutely NO tech support"
Pros: free trial was good.
Cons: I purchased the software, and have not gotten my registration code...nobody answers my emails, I think i got ripped off, or the guy died!
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Version: Adblock Pro 2.6
"The best Ad blocking software out there"
Pros: Back in the days of Windows 95 and 98 I used little program called Popup Stopper. Win XP offered IE with automatic popup blocking. This would be all good but the new ads are Java and ActiveX based and sneakier than ever before; a simple popup stopper isn't enough. As a solution I used XP-Antispy freeware to disable Java and ActiveX before entering certain websites. It was a time-consuming procedure but it worked OK and effectively stopped nasty ads and self-installing spyware.
I discovered Adblock Pro by accident. My friend's PC had corrupted Windows and IE installation: Java and ActiveX wouldn't disable on it. It wasn't bad enough to waste the time on a full reinstall; so I just wanted to find some good Ad blocking software instead. Now, this is the third week my friend and I are using Adblock Pro v.2.6 and I have been nothing but most impressed with how effective, intuitive, small and overall perfect it is. For a tiny program (little over 300KB) it offers tremendous options and works like a magic. It has a little counter in the lower right corner of the webpage to show how many ads it stopped. On some websites it shows as many as 20 ads blocked! Highly recommended.
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Version: Adblock Pro 2.6
"*** TOTAL CHINESE GARBAGE RIP OFF *** PURE CRAP"
Pros: There are no good aspects.
Cons: A one man operation from China. Does not answer email. Seller Is in business to steal your money. Total con artist.
Summary: Product does not belong on Cnet. Pure crap.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Adblock Pro 2.6
Pros: Blocks some ads.
Cons: Overly agressive - It blocks many site graphics as well as banners.
NO support - Nobody responds to e-mails
Blacklisted sites list is not updated often
A rip-off of a free Firefox ad onSummary: This guy is trying to make money from people who think this is like the Ad Block Plus extension for Firefox. It's not. He doesn't support it, e-mails go unanswered, and it either doesn't block any ads or block some site graphics (ie the navigation m... read more >>
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