are there any ad blockers for IE8?

Firefox and Chrome have Adblock.

Does anything similar exist for IE8?

By similar I mean:

Easy to install
Trusted (that is, reviewed by somebody credible)
updates easily

Nathan Fellman

Posted 2010-08-29T21:44:56.017

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Answers

Adblock IE may be something that appeals to you

http://adblockie.codeplex.com/

Sandeep Bansal

Posted 2010-08-29T21:44:56.017

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I've been looking at Adblock IE, but it doesn't seem to do anything. It installs, and then...nothing. Do you know how to make it work? – Jim Fell – 2010-12-16T19:06:48.270

Rather than installing software or some add on, here is a non invasive way to block anything you want on any browser in Windows

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Moab

Posted 2010-08-29T21:44:56.017

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I've seen this before, but the only problem is that it is hard for beginners to figure out, and requires knowledge of advertising sites and such...Installing an adblocker takes care of this problem and saves us time and effort. – studiohack – 2010-08-29T23:29:56.333

@studioshack, they provide ad block lists, its not as hard as it seems, besides they may Learn something along the way. – Moab – 2010-08-30T01:34:47.083

This doesn't meet the "easy to install" requirement – Nathan Fellman – 2010-08-30T05:07:53.667

It was easy for me? – Moab – 2010-08-30T15:31:15.077

I use AdThwart for Chrome, is that any worse?

polemon

Posted 2010-08-29T21:44:56.017

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does it work on IE? – Nathan Fellman – 2010-08-30T05:07:23.980

K9 Web Protection is a child's (or children's) web filtering and blocking software that is extremely configurable. You could turn off all the settings that you didn't want (filtering, word block, site block, category block, time limits/restrictions), and just use advertisement block feature. It works cross-browsers; one configuration covers Internet Explorer, Firefox, and others all one the same machine.

K9 Web Protection: http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

Did I mention that it is FREE? Highly recommend and does the job well.

For Windows only, and works very well. Installs separately - not as an addon, and all configurations are protected by a password...

studiohack

Posted 2010-08-29T21:44:56.017

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