Adblock Plus is the world's most popular free advert blocker with more than 10 million users. It has extensions that run in all the major web browsers including Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari ...

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There are a variety of ad-blocking tools for Windows out there, some of which are general-purpose, while others are narrowly ...

Whatever your views are on online advertising, it's here to stay. But that doesn't mean that companies aren't doing all they can to strip the web of ads on your behalf. Perhaps the most notable is ...

Adblock Plus has pledged greater transparency for its users and has made a start by revealing how the company generates the revenue required to keep going. It turns out that licensing is key for the ...

Adblock and Adblock Plus users report performance issues on YouTube, initially blamed on Google but later determined to be an issue in the popular ad-blocking extension. Adblock and Adblock Plus are ...

Have you heard of the AdBlock Mozilla extension? It's an extension on Mozilla Firefox that blocks malware and tracking software and serves as an ad blocker to block unwanted advertisements. You can ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

The more you use AdBlock Plus, the more it's configured to your specific preferences. Certain pages are able to display ads while others are completely blocked. In some cases, blocking ads on specific ...

An exploit has been uncovered in the filter systems of Adblock, Adblock Plus, and uBlock which may permit attackers to remotely inject arbitrary code into web pages. Security researcher Armin ...

Ad blocking software’s usage on the web, and now mobile, has forced the media and publishing industry to look to new revenue models. And one of the most notable players in ad blocking is German firm ...