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Chrome Addon: AdBlock for Google Chrome
(169 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)
Loading ...Well, this isn’t exactly an addon. But by following the below given steps, you’ll be able to block ads in Google Chrome.
- Download and install Privoxy.
- Click on the Wrench icon in Chrome in the upper right corner.
- Choose options>Under The Hood>Change proxy settings.
- In the Internet Properties dialog’s Connections tab, click on the LAN settings button.
- Check off “Proxy settings” and in the address setting add 127.0.0.1 and in the port 8118.
- If you have the option, you can also check off “Bypass proxy for local settings”.
- Click “OK,” close Chrome and restart it.
Tags: Chrome Addons, Chrome Software, Chrome Tips, Chrome Tutorials
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This is definitely a worthwile fix. Thanks guys!
Good way to get rid of adds until proper Chrome addon is out. Thanks Guys, works great.
…or you could just use Firefox.
I used to be a Firefox fanatic, but lately it has gotten almost as bad as IE and has become more bloated over time. In addition, for some reason, it constantly forget my security settings and I keep having to go into Options and tell it to remember my cookies.
Worked just fine for most websites. Yahoo seems, however, to have found a way around it – I couldn’t get their ads off no matter what I did. I verified this with FF on which I have adblocker running and NO ONE’S ads showes up in FF. So, I’d rate this 8.5 on scale of 10 – 10 being highest.
Looks like some work still needs to be done. I don’t look for the Googlers in CA to make an ad-on to do this as Google gets a huge chunk of $$$ from advertisements.
You can also use Chromepass as passward recovery tools for google chrome .
They do get paid for advertisements, but I don’t think they would have a problem blocking ads that aren’t google-powered.
i dont like how i see some text instead of the add =(
what is see instead of the add is :
Request blocked by Privoxy: Path matches generic block pattern.
See why this block applies or go to http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-0603125973499854&dt=1224966375681&prev_slotnames=3294383848&output=html&slotname=8130573144&correlator=1224966375637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mychromeaddons.com%2Fchrome-addon-adblock-for-google-chrome%2F%23comment-1139&ea=0&frm=0&ga_vid=390996435.1224965799&ga_sid=1224966089&ga_hid=1605434477&ga_fc=true&flash=10.0.12&u_h=900&u_w=1440&u_ah=870&u_aw=1440&u_cd=32&u_tz=-300&u_his=7&u_java=true&u_nplug=25&u_nmime=88 anyway.
ablock for chormium built-in. no need for privoxy in chrome
Do no evil? Don’t use chrome. Instead use chromium. This build is the only one with adblocking built in: no proxy settings
http://srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_faq.php
works with *basic* AdBlock Plus lists
ACTUALLY not-evil
http://adblockplus.org
P.S. Your “article” is the most inane use of “addon” ever!
is it possible to code an Ad Block Plus for google chrome?
I agree with John Grigsby. Nick, using Firefox is out of the question. Firefox has become obsolete with Chrome in play due to the fact that it only works well on powerful computers…and even then it’s likely only to do so when its RAM recovery addon is installed. It’s become a joke and Chrome has completely exceeded anything Firefox could ever be.
Chrome is innovation; innovation must be fully realized.
That’s really a disorienting false-alarm.
Thanks a lot for the tip and i will try it now.
regards from Ralph
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There is a simple addon that blocks ads in Google Chrome: http://www.adsweep.org
Hi All,
This is really stupid and pointless in many ways.. one of the reasons I like chrome is because it’s light.
Running other applications and proxy servers is just annoying and defies the point as I pay aswell use firefox tbh.
Sorry
Billy
fail. not an addon.
booo!!
found a real chrome adblock at mark8t.com!
Its worth to try this. Not an addon but still good though. i like it.thanx
i farted
this works good
I tried this method to block ads in Chrome and ok it works. BUT, good grief man. What a pain in the ass. I used this method for about a month but then ran into problems with my VPN connection and sorry but privoxy was the first thing to go whether or not it was the issue. Too much of a hassle just to block some stupid ads. That being said THANKS for posting this. It’s really Chrome and Google that I’m irritated with. I like Chrome because it’s lightweight and having to run a proxy service seems to defeat the whole point.
You can also use Hosts file based ad server block method.
In what bizzarro world is privoxy an addon?? (it’s not)
the only functional adblock option for chromium is Iron
http://SRware.net
Hey!
Thanks for the adblock program. It really works. It blocked it for me. thx really much man.
Thanks for sharing!!!
I am having ad free like Mozilla Firefox!!
Yay!
rf
Too bad it doesn’t work for vista x64
It didn’t block ALL the ads, there is already a proper addon. and what Privoxy screwed my settings so now all my programs that need to connect to the net, save for my browser, ftp server and email don’t connect. didn’t block ads too well, But All my VOIP and Chat programs don’t connect at all. JUST WHAT I WANTED YAY -.-
Cool, another article with a deceiving name to get rank and hits.