Tech: how to stop CHROME loading ads ???

Subject: Tech: how to stop CROME loading ads ???
From: GUEST,punkfolrocker
Date: 23 Apr 11 - 11:32 PM

I like google crome.

its fast and sleek..

or it was.. used to be..??

please.. how do I configure to fight back against the recent deluge of ads and 'enriched experience movie' media crap
I don't want or need
without losing the stuff I really did like about chrome..????

[I'm in Win 7]

thanks

Subject: RE: Tech: how to stop CHROME loading ads ???
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Apr 11 - 03:20 AM

Hi, PFR-
Click on the wrench on the upper-right corner of your browser window, and select "options." Then select "under the hood." Make sure "Enable phishing and malware protection" is checked, then go on to whatever you were doing.
You may also want to do this occasionally - clear your browser by clicking on that wrench and going to "tools." Select "clear browsing data," and make sure everything is checked from the top down through cookies. That should clear out at least some of the bad junk you may have accumulated.

Good luck.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Tech: how to stop CHROME loading ads ???
From: Lester
Date: 24 Apr 11 - 04:05 AM

AdBlock Plus is the extension you want

Go here

Subject: RE: Tech: how to stop CHROME loading ads ???
From: treewind
Date: 24 Apr 11 - 05:11 AM

There's also the ad-blocking HOSTS file which I use on a network (at home and at work) so it does the job for everybody on the local network.

It does have to be updated from time to time.