AD BLOCK PLUS
Amira Hasan 270-004
Outline
What is Ad block Plus What can Ad block Plus do Installing Adblock Plus Choosing a filter subscription Disabling Adblock Plus Solving problems Uninstalling Adblock Plus Award Argument
What is Ad block Plus
Content-filtering An extension for Firefox
What can Ad block Plus do?
looks at all requests made by web pages Block the request The request should matches a filter in
Adblock Plus
Installing Adblock Plus
Adblock page addons.mozilla.org Click the big green installation button Confirm installation restart the application when asked
Show me how this is done
Installing Adblock Plus
Choosing a filter subscription
Choosing a filter subscription filters tell Adblock what should be
blocked EasyList (targeted at English-language
sites)
Disabling Adblock Plus
Disabling Adblock Plus on frequently used sites
Solving problems
What if Adblock Plus blocks too much?What if Adblock Plus doesn't block an
advertisement?
Solving problems
What if Adblock Plus blocks too much? dealing with a bad filter Disable filter
Solving problems
What if Adblock Plus doesn't block an advertisement?
Use the right filter subscription
Uninstalling Adblock Plus
Go to menu Tools Add-ons Select Adblock Plus in the list and click
the "Uninstall" button
Award
PC World chose Adblock Plus as one of the 100 best products of 2007.
Argument
The use of Adblock tantamount to theft: Cutting off income stream of website
operators who use online advertisements.
Thank you!