How to Block Flash Ads when using Firefox Browser

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Tip 1 - Flashblock

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Veronica Cuadros | permalink

Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on...

For further reading: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/flashblock/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Adblock Plus

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by sameer kakodkar | permalink

Blocks annoying video ads on YouTube, Facebook ads, banners and much more. Adblock Plus blocks all annoying ads, and supports websites by not blocking unobtrusive ads by default (configurable).

For further reading: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to stop autoplaying ads, videos and media on web pages

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Vincenzo Bloise | permalink

What to do if you're fed up with adverts playing as soon as you open a web page. Here we show you how to stop videos and media from autoplaying when you open a website in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Tags: filtering option,Internet Explorer,Simple,Block Firefox&rdquo,Google,URL,Fitrefox,Tools,internet,software

For further reading: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/internet/how-stop-autoplaying-ads-videos-media-on-web-pages-chrome-firefox-internet-explorer-3497991/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Block Flash Ads when using Firefox Browser

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Gina Wood | permalink

Instructions 1 Go to Mozilla's Firefox page: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html Download the Firefox brower if you don't already have it. Wait for the brower to finsih loading

For further reading: http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-2320356/block-flash-ads-firefox-browser.html ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Block Advertisements in Mozilla Firefox

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Robert 35861 | permalink

Advertisements have proliferated throughout the Web as companies attempt to make a profit on their content, often making some websites difficult to use. Thankfully, you can block advertisements using ...

For further reading: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/block-advertisements-mozilla-firefox-27987.html ^[5]

Tip 6 - How to Hide Google Ads in Firefox

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Demon Lord | permalink

Google Adsense displays ads on a wide variety of websites across the Internet. If you find these ads annoying, Firefox provides tools that block ads on websites and services using browser add-ons ...

For further reading: http://science.opposingviews.com/hide-google-ads-firefox-23093.html ^[6]

Tip 7 - How To Stop Auto-playing Flash And HTML5 Videos In Firefox

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Gorr | permalink

Does auto-play video drive you mad? We'll talk you through the best ways to stop auto-playing videos in your Firefox browser. There are two ways that videos auto-play in browsers. The first is through flash which, despite being phased out, is still the main method used by most websites to display videos and adverts. Blocking…

For further reading: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-auto-playing-flash-html5-videos-firefox/ ^[7]

Tip 8 - Block Flash and other dangerous plugins with Click to Play: A how-to guide to improve your security

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Dan Krueger | permalink

For years, computer security experts have bemoaned the poor security of popular browser plugins like Adobe Flash. Whether you realize it or not, your web browser uses these plug-ins all the time to play video on countless popular sites on the Internet - yet cybercriminals regularly exploit security holes in these same plugins to phish and defraud millions of ordinary computer users. The risk is even greater for journalists: the recent Hacking Team leak shows that Flash exploits were an important component of their hacking tools, which have been used by authoritarian governments around the world that are known to target reporters, activists, and dissidents. The leak includes several previously unknown ("0-day") Flash exploits, which are already being incorporated into widely used exploit kits so anybody will be able to use them, not just Hacking Team and their customers. As of this writing, two of the Hacking Team Flash exploits remain unpatched - and there may be more yet to come as researchers continue to explore the dataset.

For further reading: https://freedom.press/blog/2015/07/block-flash-with-click-to-play ^[8]