Depending on your personal knowledge and preferences, this may be as simple as using AdBlock Plus with the helper add-on or going so far as writing your own CSS modifications with Stylish. When it comes down to it, I’d rather use a “pure” proxy tool such as Privoxy and add an extension for the CSS part of removing ads and unwanted content. In the end I decided to stop using it, because the application didn’t offer me anything more than the usual browser extensions. I used Ad Muncher for about a year, because it had been available for free for a limited time from some giveaway website. This code is added to the page you’re viewing, because Ad Muncher hijacks your application’s connection to the Internet and modifies the source code the browse receives, in order to enable blocking content via CSS. While that is true, the **blocking of undesirable content itself** is mostly done by the browser anyway, through an insertion of JavaScript. > extension or add-on but as a standalone program on the system. > Unlike many ad-blockers, it is not running in a browser in form of an The same can be achieved by other means, for instance by adding hostnames to the hosts file to block them on the system but that is not nearly as convenient and you don't get customization options with this all or nothing approach. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows.ĪdMuncher is an ad-blocker that runs independent from any web browser which may make it interesting to users who want ads blocked in all programs and not just a web browser. You can download the latest version of the program from the developer website. This can be useful if you notice issues in a program as you can remove it from the list of supported programs or add a program to it that is not supported by default.ĪdMuncher can also block other unwanted programs such as adware or spyware from running on the system. The program leaves small text-only adverts alone by default which you can modify there as well to block these types of ads as well.Īnother interesting option that you find there is to select programs that you want it to work in. Among the many options that you find there are preferences to block music and sound, background images, or the auto-reloading of sites triggered by the site itself. There you find all urls listed that match filters and options that the program provides you with but also options to display other information which can be useful in creating new filters in the application.ĪdMuncher ships with a large set of options that influence connections and contents on websites as well. The program keeps track of every connection and displays information about it in the log. Available are filters to block urls or popups on select addresses, remove scripts or images, or add scripts or CSS code to pages. This too is different from ad-blocking extensions which usually allow you to block objects that you encounter in the web browser right away which is more convenient.Ī filter consists of a keyword, url or text, and a filter category that you can select. New filters are added in the program window as well. It lists more than 16,800 filters by default with options to add filters of your own or disable the default filter list completely. You can check the default filter list in the program at any time. While the default rule it ships with has not a 100% hit rate, it is catching a lot of ads by default. Open any browser and you will notice that ads displayed on websites won't be displayed anymore after the installation. The downside here is that it has to run in the background whenever you want to make use of it.Īfter you have downloaded AdMuncher from the developer website and installed it you will notice that it works out of the box just fine. It does so for a list of default filter targets that include popular web browsers but also other programs such as Winamp or Feed Demon. In fact, it is not limited to browsers as it can block ads in other programs as well because of that. The benefit here is that it will block advertisement and other unwanted contents independent of the browser that you are using. Unlike many ad-blockers, it is not running in a browser in form of an extension or add-on but as a standalone program on the system. That day has come and as of today, AdMucher is available as a free download to everyone.
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