topic Re: AdChoice Popup removal? in Electronics

AdChoice Popup removal?

pupwhipped — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 21:49:05 GMT

Has anyone here gotten rid of the obnoxious AdChoice Popups? I encounter them when I go to some of my favorite decorator blogs, etc. I have done some Googling on the subject but I am truly clueless when it comes to this stuff. I don't want to do something that gives me even more problems.

Thanks very much for any help. I appreciate your time.

pup

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

chickenbutt — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 22:22:15 GMT

I don't know what browsers you use, but have you tried AdBlock Plus? I know that it works with both IE and Chrome. It could work with other browsers but I don't know, since I only use those two. It's free and unintrusive.

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

Nuttmeg — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 22:34:21 GMT

Please find an Ad Block/ Plus program. Each browser uses a different tool.

IE https://adblockplus.org/releases/adblock-plus-14-for-ie-released

Chrome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb?hl=en-US

FireFox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=users

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

Zita — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 14:03:14 GMT

I installed AD Block on my Firebox browser and it really helps cut down those annoying ads. Not hard to install and not instrusive.

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

pupwhipped — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 17:26:03 GMT

@chickenbutt, @Nuttmeg and @Zita thank you all so much! I mostly use IE, but also have Chrome. I, hopefully, will be kicking AdChoice's arse to the curb. Ha!

One more question, do any of you know how this will affect the use of sites like Mr. Rebates? I would have to think they'd get blocked out, too.

I appreciate the responses. Thank you!

pup

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

chickenbutt — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 17:30:41 GMT

Pup - That is an excellent question!

For the most part I haven't had interference but I DID find that I had to block it when going through MrRebates to QVC. You can have it unblock on certain sites and I did unblock QVC for that reason exactly.

I also found that I needed to use Chrome, and not IE, when purchasing through MrRebates/QVC because I had problems with not getting credit through IE.

There may well be other sites that are problematic with ad blockers but the only one I've had trouble with has been QVC. HTH!

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

willdob3 — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 23:38:10 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
I don't know what browsers you use, but have you tried AdBlock Plus? I know that it works with both IE and Chrome. It could work with other browsers but I don't know, since I only use those two. It's free and unintrusive.

I have it - it does not get rid of adchoice ads on Windows 10. Ad blockers get rid of most ads but not all. I had to go through specific steps to remove a few of them. The only one I have not gotten rid of yet is adchoice.

Google & you find instructions but I have not tried it yet. It is going to be more time consuming that the others.

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

willdob3 — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 23:44:40 GMT

I was wrong - I had AdBlock, not AdBlock Plus. I just switched & - AdChoice is gone! Thanks!

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:38:31 GMT

@pupwhipped wrote:
Has anyone here gotten rid of the obnoxious AdChoice Popups? I encounter them when I go to some of my favorite decorator blogs, etc. I have done some Googling on the subject but I am truly clueless when it comes to this stuff. I don't want to do something that gives me even more problems.

Thanks very much for any help. I appreciate your time.

pup

@pupwhipped

Oh gees, I just dealt with this. To my surprise, it was a combination of things.

I cleared my browsing history and then scanned the cookies and found a couple I deleted ... one was Generous deals ..... and then I went to Control Panel and Uninstall programs to see what was there. Darn it, there was a PROGRAM called Generous Deals that I had to uninstall! Boy, they are sneaky!

Hope this helps. Tink

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:01:37 GMT

@pupwhipped wrote:
Has anyone here gotten rid of the obnoxious AdChoice Popups? I encounter them when I go to some of my favorite decorator blogs, etc. I have done some Googling on the subject but I am truly clueless when it comes to this stuff. I don't want to do something that gives me even more problems.

Thanks very much for any help. I appreciate your time.

pup

@pupwhipped

Did you get rid of those nasty ads?

Re: AdChoice Popup removal?

pupwhipped — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:22:49 GMT

@Tinkrbl44, well, let's put it this way, I've had great success so far on Chrome. The program loaded lickety split and seems to be working great, although I don't use Chrome that much. IE (the browser I prefer) did not go as well as it had all these steps to go through and I'm not sure I ever got it. Uhhhh, did I mention here that I am clueless when it comes to using my computer?!! I'm really good at reading blogs, emails, and ordering copious amounts of stuff from QVC, but I don't know how to keep my computer in good working order. Ha!

Thank you very much for your reply to me, Tink. I'm going to give this AdChoice Plus install thing a go again here soon. One other thing I want to throw out if anyone cares to comment. Just today when I click on the blogs here on QVC I get this box down at the bottom that says "QVC is not responding." Then it tries to reload or whatever. And maneuvering around QVC is slow in general. This is the first time I've noticed this. Anyone else having problems???

Thanks to all for helping me out here. I appreciate you!