Good Day All,
I have NIS 2010 and was wondering if there is a way to block 'Adds' from appearing on websites? On one PC I have an Internet Security suite provided from my ISP, and in that suite, I'm able to switch on/off the 'Add Blocking' Is there a way in NIS 2010? Let me know and thank you all in advance.
Zaboo
Hi Zaboo,
NIS 2010 does not have an ad-blocker. However, it is fairly easy (and free) to add ad-blockers to your browser (for example AdblockPlus in Firefox).
Hi Zaboo
You can do the same thing with IE. With IE, please click on Tools and you will see a setting for pop-up blocker where you can list any sites you want to have the popups appear and those sites you want the popups to be blocked.
In other words, adding add-ons to your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Firefox) recommended by the browser vendor/manufacturer will do the trick of blocking ads very neatly.
Symantec decided to discontinue the pop-up and ad blocking functions in the Norton programs from 2008 version onwards because today’s browser’s provide effective pop-up blocking solutions. In addition, the way ads are delivered has evolved on the web and so Symantec had to remove their legacy desktop client based ad blocking functionality.
You can go for Yahoo Toolbar or Google Toolbar which is free for download and includes effective Pop-up/Ad blocking solutions included with it.
Ad or pop-up blocking - there have been, over the years, a number of features that customers have consistently been most concerned about, and this particular feature was not on the short list. The propagation of toolbars (from Google and Yahoo!, for example) that incorporated pop-up and add-blocking capabilities and the shift to concerns with online browsing security allowed us to shift more to our core competencies, which is security.
Quoted by Matt_Phillips
I hope this clears up the reason for not including it in the latest version.
Yogesh