NoScript add-on disables unlisted ad scripts before they run
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:19 pm
AdBlock only works when a filter rule is recorded in your Preferences. When visiting a Web site for the first time, it possible to be hit by unwanted ads. The most objectionable of all ads, that interfere with your reading or viewing, are those that flash, that wiggle, that have animations or sounds, or that start videos without your leave. Those sort of ads depend on scripts. Unfortunately, in my previous experience with AdBlock, they are also the ads most difficult to block, involving a fiddly procedure because the little "block" tab does not appear, and I found myself having to peruse through the list of scripts to identify and block the offending one(s). I can't describe more precisely the problem or how I coped with it because it is now a thing of the past for me, especially since a few minutes ago when I became aware of the shared filter lists, subscribed and joined this forum : I can no longer find a web page with ads to refresh my memory on how I groped to disable the ads that managed to get through and that require more than a simple "get lost!" click.
I solved inadvertently the problem of scripted ads a couple of months ago when I installed, for security reasons, the Firefox add-on NoScript. NoScript is promoted as a security gizmo. With it, scripts are disabled by default when you load a page or visit a site previously unvisited. It prevents the running of malicious scripts. Once the basic hyperlink text and static images are loaded, you can decide whether or not to enable the scripts physically located on the server of the URL displayed on the navigation bar, or all scripts on the whole page, including those in "redirected frames" (a common pathway for malicious scripts) -- or none. The permissions can be extended to the whole site and can be made temporary (for the current visit only) or permanent. "Redirected frames" also happen to be where aggressive flashing, animated, audio and video ads erupt on your screen, and so NoScript is also a very effective and easy way of avoiding such ads. As I said, in combination with Adblock, I find myself completely shielded from advertising even on pages where I have to allow some scripts
I solved inadvertently the problem of scripted ads a couple of months ago when I installed, for security reasons, the Firefox add-on NoScript. NoScript is promoted as a security gizmo. With it, scripts are disabled by default when you load a page or visit a site previously unvisited. It prevents the running of malicious scripts. Once the basic hyperlink text and static images are loaded, you can decide whether or not to enable the scripts physically located on the server of the URL displayed on the navigation bar, or all scripts on the whole page, including those in "redirected frames" (a common pathway for malicious scripts) -- or none. The permissions can be extended to the whole site and can be made temporary (for the current visit only) or permanent. "Redirected frames" also happen to be where aggressive flashing, animated, audio and video ads erupt on your screen, and so NoScript is also a very effective and easy way of avoiding such ads. As I said, in combination with Adblock, I find myself completely shielded from advertising even on pages where I have to allow some scripts