intrusive ads

[silva]

Am getting increasingly annoyed with the ever-present ads that appear on the right side of my e-mails. some are soooo inappropriate - can I get rid of them? Also find that when I print out my e-mails the ads seem to get in the way of the words and I only get part of the e-mail - is that a separate issue or is it really the ads blocking it?

would appreciate help with that.

[Goku]

Hello Silva. Yes some of those pesky ads are intrusive and well .... inappropriate! You can block them differently depending on the browser you use. If you use Mozilla Firefox, then AdBlock Plus will take care of those ads for you. For Internet Explorer, you could edit the hosts file that is present in Windows so that you will only see a blank space where the ads should be. However, that process is a bit complex for most users so I would advise against it.

 

If you want a simpler solution, you could use a third party ad-blocker like AdMuncher. Give us a shout if you need something else. :)

 

-- Goku

[Tootech]

ever-present ads that appear on the right side of my e-mails

 

Just wondering if this is junk email troubles or malware on your PC.

 

How do you read your emails - do you use Windows Mail, or use your browser to logon and check mail?

[silva]

ads on e-mails

 

Thanks Goku - I don't use Mozilla Firefox and I think I'll avoid the 'complex' route, as you suggest. Will try AdMuncher and see what happens.

 

Tootech - Not sure it's to do with junk e-mails/malware, my daughter has same problem but chooses to ignore them, I'd rather get rid!

I use windows mail (I think - Oh dear) I click on Hotmail on the home page then sign in. Don't know the technicalities, sorry.

 

Thank you both for your time - no doubt I'll be visiting the website again, but it's very nice learning something new.