IE9 adblocker that works

[Hugger]

I could use some help with this.
No matter how I set up IE9 I'm getting slaughtered with pop up ads and tracking cookies.
How can I stop this?
Thanks.
Hugger

[Cudni]

What did you do so far? Enabled popup blocker, installed tracking protection list, disabled scripting except for Trusted zone?

[Acadia]

Tracking Protection, have you tried it? And set it up correctly, only choose one or two lists, and avoid eTrust.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/privacy-protection-and-ie9-who-can-you-trust/3014

Good luck,
Acadia

[Spruce]

Ad Muncher :thumb:

[funkydude]

Don't use the slider for cookie settings, select advanced, then block 3rd party cookies and allow first.

Ad-blocking TPL's: http://www.fanboy.co.nz/ie.html

[Someheresomethere]

Fanboy + Easylist TPLs here are working fine.

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "Fanboy + Easylist TPLs here are working fine." }-

I suggest only using Fanboy's as Easylist's has a lot of allow rules which overwrite block rules from other lists.

[Greg S]

-{ Quote: "I suggest only using Fanboy's as Easylist's has a lot of allow rules which overwrite block rules from other lists." }-
Do you use his both Adblock and Tracking List? I clicked the link in your sig and noticed that two list are offered at the top of the page.

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "Do you use his both Adblock and Tracking List? I clicked the link in your sig and noticed that two list are offered at the top of the page." }-

Yup, the top 2.

[Greg S]

-{ Quote: "Yup, the top 2." }-
Thank you. I've been using three from what I think was your original TPL page. I would like to try these two you mention now. Can I just disable the three I'm using now or should I delete them?

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "Thank you. I've been using three from what I think was your original TPL page. I would like to try these two you mention now. Can I just disable the three I'm using now or should I delete them?" }-

I just removed them.

[Hugger]

I've got Tracking Protection using Easy List and Fanboy. Both show as enabled.
Smart screen filter is on.
Active X filtering is on. (And a real pain in the butt.)
Pop up blocker is on and set to highest level.
I just finished setting this up using all your suggestions. I had not had eveything in place before.

It's better but I still see some pop ups coming through.
Also, is there any better and less aggravating way to deal with Active X? I'd like to lose the Active X filtering.

The Zdnet article was good but I can't find the 3d part. Did he not write it?

Thanks for all you help.
Hugger

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "
It's better but I still see some pop ups coming through.
" }-

Can you give us an example of a website? Haven't seen any myself.

-{ Quote: "
Also, is there any better and less aggravating way to deal with Active X? I'd like to lose the Active X filtering.
" }-

Then why use it? I personally only recommend this feature to nerds/those that know what they are doing. Tell us what you're trying/hoping to accomplish.

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "
Also, is there any better and less aggravating way to deal with Active X? I'd like to lose the Active X filtering.
Hugger" }-

Well, yes. Either use a different browser, or set up IE to pose as a different browser. (Yeah, really can be done via group policy). Or, just do not filter it.

All these pathetic attempts at making ActiveX look safer just can p**s me off. The technology is a huge security hole as a whole and needs to be just scrapped off the Earth's surface.

Alas, tons of companies built their intranet apps around this "cool" functionality and even stay with IE6 so that this "cool" stuff doesn't break.

Fail.

[ViVek]

I use Simple Adblock (http://simple-adblock.com/) , the best ad blocker for IE .

[Hugger]

-northjersey.com- gives me a slider as soon as I start to scroll.
And I'm taking the advice given.
Active X filtering has been turned off.
I'm going to look at Simple Adblocker, too.
The more I use IE9 the more I appreciate Chrome and FF 4.
Thanks for all the help.
Hugger

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "-northjersey.com- gives me a slider as soon as I start to scroll." }-

That's not a popup, it's a simple image advertisement, part of the actual website. It originates from -http://media.bergen.com/designimages/njdealsad1.png- if you wish to block it, or ask a TPL author to have it blocked.

-{ Quote: "The more I use IE9 the more I appreciate Chrome and FF 4." }-

Neither Firefox or Chrome block that without the use of an ad blocking addon, I tested both.

[Someheresomethere]

-{ Quote: "I suggest only using Fanboy's as Easylist's has a lot of allow rules which overwrite block rules from other lists." }-

According ZDNet's article posted by Acadia there's only 47 "Allow"s.

[vasa1]

IE9 users should request Palant to do an AdBlock Plus for them as well. He refused to do Chrome for a long time but ultimately obliged.

[pjb]

-{ Quote: "Ad Muncher :thumb:" }-

Also gets my seal of approval :)

[HAN]

Nice TPL resource page from Microsoft http://iegallery.com/en/trackingprotectionlists/

[Acadia]

-{ Quote: "Nice TPL resource page from Microsoft http://iegallery.com/en/trackingprotectionlists/" }-
Again, avoid eTrust:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/privacy-protection-and-ie9-who-can-you-trust/3014

Acadia

[HAN]

-{ Quote: "Again, avoid eTrust:" }-
Yes, very true! Forgot to point that out.

[RedDawn]

Just got IE9 yesterday through WU, and been playing with some of the TPL mentioned.

2 example sites I tested:
http://www.filehippo.com/
http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?app=calendar

TPL downloaded from http://iegallery.com/en/trackingprotectionlists/

Both EasyList TPL enabled - Ads still appear on above sites.

Both Fanboy TPL enabled - Ads still appear on above sites.

(Only Fanboy's or EasyList's enabled at any one time)

---------------------------------


Best TPL I've found so far is Quero AdBlock IE TPL
http://www.quero.at/adblock_ie_tpl.php

No Ads appear at all when tested on above sites, or any other sites I've tried so far :thumb: :thumb: .

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "
Best TPL I've found so far is Quero AdBlock IE TPL
http://www.quero.at/adblock_ie_tpl.php
" }-

:thumb:

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Again, avoid eTrust:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/privacy-protection-and-ie9-who-can-you-trust/3014

Acadia" }-

Quite a "1984" type of name. Anyway, the "abine" list looks interesting. I'll see if I can scavenge something from there to add to my Privoxy user.action.

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "
Best TPL I've found so far is Quero AdBlock IE TPL
http://www.quero.at/adblock_ie_tpl.php

No Ads appear at all when tested on above sites, or any other sites I've tried so far :thumb: :thumb: ." }-

Thanks for the suggestion, but from my short experience with it, I noticed it wrongly blocked things like images on failblog, and various facebook links on websites.

I think Fanboy has fixed the ads on your links because I don't see them. I'll stick to Fanboy's lists, far more reliable, never had issues with things being blocked that shouldn't be.

[RedDawn]

Thanks for the feedback, funkydude. I'm no longer seeing those ads with fanboy's TPL's either.

[vasa1]

TRUSTe's TPL improved:
http://www.browserscene.com/2011/04/truste-cleans-up-its-tracking.html

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "TRUSTe's TPL improved:
http://www.browserscene.com/2011/04/truste-cleans-up-its-tracking.html" }-

Well, at least it does not pretty much negate all the blacklists as before. :P

[ViVek]

Free IE 9 adblocker
IE Adblocker
http://ieadblocker.codeplex.com/

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "Free IE 9 adblocker
IE Adblocker
http://ieadblocker.codeplex.com/" }-

That's great and all for people who want it but there really is 0 need for it. Fanboy's TPL's work perfectly fine. Use what's built into your browser.

[Greg S]

-{ Quote: "That's great and all for people who want it but there really is 0 need for it. Fanboy's TPL's work perfectly fine. Use what's built into your browser." }-
I may have asked this before but here goes again, do these tpl's update on their own?

Another question comes to mind. When these tpl's are enabled do third party adblockers work? I know that AdBlock Pro doesn't seem to work but I was curious about others such as AdMuncher or the one from SuperAnti.

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "I may have asked this before but here goes again, do these tpl's update on their own?" }-
Yes.

-{ Quote: "
Another question comes to mind. When these tpl's are enabled do third party adblockers work? I know that AdBlock Pro doesn't seem to work but I was curious about others such as AdMuncher or the one from SuperAnti." }-
No idea, why would it matter (if the TPL's are doing their job)? Logically, I don't see why they shouldn't work if they're IE9 compatible.

[Greg S]

-{ Quote: "Yes.


No idea, why would it matter (if the TPL's are doing their job)? Logically, I don't see why they shouldn't work if they're IE9 compatible." }-
The hiding of elements on a page. Adblock Pro used to do this for me but now it doesn't. It will block/remove it for that instance but a refresh of the page returns it. This might be accomplished with adding to a tpl, not for sure though and haven't tried it.

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "The hiding of elements on a page. Adblock Pro used to do this for me but now it doesn't. It will block/remove it for that instance but a refresh of the page returns it. This might be accomplished with adding to a tpl, not for sure though and haven't tried it." }-

I believe you can accomplish that by using Fanboy's Opera CSS element filter file.

Far right:
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/opera.html
You can add it to IE in the Internet Options > Accessibility > Format documents using my style sheet.

I don't use it but I've been told it works fine.

[Greg S]

-{ Quote: "I believe you can accomplish that by using Fanboy's Opera CSS element filter file.

Far right:
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/opera.html
You can add it to IE in the Internet Options > Accessibility > Format documents using my style sheet.

I don't use it but I've been told it works fine." }-
Interesting. In my last reply, I was going to mention that I used to accomplish this with css when running Firefox. I no longer have a use for Firefox but remember the days when I did. Thanks

[Essentials]

In IE9 can you have more than one Tracking Protection List? For example Fanboys and Truste

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "In IE9 can you have more than one Tracking Protection List? For example Fanboys and Truste" }-

Yes. (Make sure they do not negate each other... allow > deny in TPL logic)

[Essentials]

-{ Quote: "Yes. (Make sure they do not negate each other... allow > deny in TPL logic)" }-

How can I check that? I thought that if one denies x and the other one allows x. it will always deny x. Does it work like these?

[Greg S]

-{ Quote: "How can I check that? I thought that if one denies x and the other one allows x. it will always deny x. Does it work like these?" }-

The Doktor will correct me if I"m wrong but I think the tie goes to the allow.

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "How can I check that? I thought that if one denies x and the other one allows x. it will always deny x. Does it work like these?" }-

No, unfortunately the logic is the other way round... (You can easily display the rules in the list from the IE GUI if you want to check what it really does.)

[Essentials]

-{ Quote: "No, unfortunately the logic is the other way round... (You can easily display the rules in the list from the IE GUI if you want to check what it really does.)" }-

Ok thanks, I will only use Fanboy´s list to prevent this thing.

I have see checked that even if I use the same lists in IE9 and firefox with Adblock plus. In IE9 not all of the adds are blocked (while in ff4 yes). Do your know why??

[AlexC]

Some years ago i used MVPS Hosts ( trought "Hostsman"), Spybot immunize feature and Spyware Blaster, with very good results.

[Matthijs5nl]

Which blocklist do you guys think is more complete?
1. EasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List
2. EasyList Standard Protection List
3. Fanboy - Adblock Tracking Protection List
4. Fanboy - Tracking Protection List

http://iegallery.com/en/trackingprotectionlists/

[funkydude]

Fanboy adblock and tracking.
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/ie.html