The best alternative to Ad Muncher...paid/free

I am now trialing Ad Muncher, it works good and really block lots of ads while browsing.

I was wondering then if there are good alternative/s to Ad Muncher, especially free ones. I was anxious and hesitant on adding Ad Block on my Firefox as it already consumes high ram memory. Maybe, some that will not install as add ons to firefox.

 

Why not use Hostsman (hosts file manager) and use MVPS or/and Block advert hosts file? Its free and you dont have to have Hostsman running other than when you update the hosts signatures if you try to conserve memory (3 Megabytes). I use adblock plus for firefox but when I use IE the modified hosts file blocks all ads in IE.
I have read here and there where people claims that a large hosts file affects browsing speed, but I cant see any difference really. Best way to know is to try.
http://www.abelhadigital.com/

 

u can try proxomitron with grypen's filterset. its a proxy tho, so it may slow down ur connection speed (i barely notice tho; ADSL).

 

Yeah Proxomitron is a cool app too. I remember it from my pre firefox days. It does so much more than block ads if you want.

Here are some links for Proxomitron.

http://www.jd5000.net/index.php
http://www.proxomitron.info/files/index.html

 

One may wanna try WebWasher
I like it a lot.

 

Another screenshot

 

I already tested a lot of other programs like Ad Muncher, but none of them can be compared with Ad Muncher!

Go with it...

 

Thanks. I forgot about this program. Have tried Webwasher & admuncher, one thing or another didn't like about them. But HostsMan 2.1 is the best for me. It's much improved over v1.xx.

 

And the HostsMan 3.0 will be much better...

 

any ETA? more info perhaps?

or u just teasin'?

 

When I had some time, I will post a topic about it...

 

I used this in the past before I have firefox. Did they now support Firefox browser... coz i think they still only be used with Netscape and IE.

 

Adblock & Firefox

 

if u ever do decide to give adblock a try, consider adblock plus 0.7.0.2 and Adblock Filterset.G Updater.

its not rele noticeable; plus i much rather care about cpu usage.