How to block Ads using Google Chrome?

tesiga2003 said:
I use Fire Fox's add blocker add-on. Works like a charm. :D

tesiga2003 said:
I use Fire Fox's add blocker add-on. Works like a charm. :D

Chavez said:


That wasn't the question though.

Baby_Naruto, Chrome should block ads by default, or at least attempt to do so. I don't know if it makes much sense though, that chrome blocks ads while the browser is sending the computer's usage data to the google servers for more specific advertisement. Even though you asked for us not to suggest a different browser, I'd still like to mention Ironware's version of Chrome. It has all regular Chrome has minus the usage tracker part.

Baby_Naruto said:


Where can I d/l Ironware's version of Google Chrome?

By the way, Chrome does not block ads, just some popups (not most/all).

Chavez said:


I totally got the name wrong, which made it hard to look for. It's SRWare's Iron, you can find it here.

Baby_Naruto said:


Thanks. I'll post back here to let you know if it works for me or not.

By the way, I am import all of my Google Chrome bookmarks & faves to SRWare's Iron version right?

Bere said:
FF's ABP outclasses anything other browsers have to offer in this matter, so...

Chavez said:
That wasn't the question though.

Baby_Naruto said:


I just said I don't use Firefox and will never use it lol......

Chavez said:
Are you guys doing this for a higher post count or something?

neutralizer said:
The downsides of switching to Chrome is the lack of add-ons that Firefox has. If you want to have stuff like ABP, suck it up and use Firefox.

Baby_Naruto said:


I will not and can not use Firefox, because I only have 256 MB Physical RAM (DDR1 133/266 PC 2100), my CPU is single core 2.19 GHz (Intel Pentium 4), and my Video Card Ram is 64 MB (Intel Integrated Driver).

tesiga2003 said:


Holy crap, dont you think its upgrade time? 0.o

Baby_Naruto said:


I will not and can not use Firefox, because I only have 256 MB Physical RAM (DDR1 133/266 PC 2100), my CPU is single core 2.19 GHz (Intel Pentium 4), and my Video Card Ram is 64 MB (Intel Integrated Driver).

Baby_Naruto said:


I can't, I don't have any money, I won't have any until Christmas and my Birthday.

Bere said:


Despite the fact this thing is incredibly outdated anyway, the RAM is totally outweighed comparing to the rest, you should have like 512 if not 1 gig. It you're not planning an upgrade anytime soon, RAM costs nickles.

tesiga2003 said:


Wow that sucks.

Chavez said:




Are you guys doing this for a higher post count or something?

Baby_Naruto said:


I will not and can not use Firefox, because I only have 256 MB Physical RAM (DDR1 133/266 PC 2100), my CPU is single core 2.19 GHz (Intel Pentium 4), and my Video Card Ram is 64 MB (Intel Integrated Driver).

Baby_Naruto said:


I will not and can not use Firefox, because I only have 256 MB Physical RAM (DDR1 133/266 PC 2100), my CPU is single core 2.19 GHz (Intel Pentium 4), and my Video Card Ram is 64 MB (Intel Integrated Driver).

Chavez said:




Are you guys doing this for a higher post count or something?

feder said:


Odd. I have 256 ram on my PC and firefox works fine. The only thing is I can't leave it idle or it'll slow down the entire computer. But I use my laptop the majority of the time now for internet usage.

neutralizer said:


CPU is plenty fast enough for web browsing. Video card ram has nothing to do with we browsing. 256 MB is plenty to web browse as long as long as you're not running 11ty billion things in the background.

Kags_the_great said:
Try uninstalling it then reinstalling it. Sometimes that fixes whatever problem you're having.

chrisclarke said:
1. Download and install Privoxy. It should block most ads.

http://www.privoxy.org/

2. Then go into Chrome's Options (under the spanner icon).
3. Click Under the Hood tab.
4. Click Change proxy settings.
5. Click LAN Settings.
6. Check the Use a proxy server for your LAN.... checkbox
7. Click Advanced.
8. Next to HTTP, enter 127.0.0.1, in the port field 8118.
9. Ads should now be blocked.

WinterNightsFall said:
@Baby Naruto: FF should be fine with your current PC so long as you don't have like 50 tabs open. Also, half a gig of RAM can be gotten for...~fifteen bucks. Seriously. If you don't have $15 at the age of 20, I don't know what to say.

Baby_Naruto said:
All I ever have running is 1 web browser, mIRC, and important system functions.

By the way, I always close my web browser first before opening my video player to play videos.

Baby_Naruto said:


I don't have $15, because I don't have a job or any other means of earning money.

I've been trying to get one for ages with zero success. And yes I have tried fast food places etc.

By the way, if I'm getting RAM, it will be 1 GBs, which only cost $30 at newegg.com. I'll be able to afford 2 of them when Christmas comes along.

neutralizer said:


Clearly, you're running too much crap as "system functions." I've ran on computers with firefox with 256 MB of RAM just fine. Turn on the free up ram option on firefox so that it conserves memory when you have minimized.

Baby_Naruto said:


If by worthless stuff you mean food that I need to eat in order to live, then yes >.>.

neutralizer said:


I thought you didn't have a job... so you must live at home and so where is the money comng from for you to spend on food. But really? No savings? Not even to watch movies with friends or "rent english dubbed anime from netflix."

I've never used it for the purpose but Peerguardian 2 has an ad list that will block ads. Still won't be as nice as the frame collapse that ABP has though.

Chavez said:
BN, how much RAM does your OS use idle?

Baby_Naruto said:


Normally? It's at 175 MB/255 MB right now, I only have Google Chrome and mIRC running.

Chavez said:


And which OS do you run?

Baby_Naruto said:


I only have one OS, Windows XP Professional 2002 Service Pack 3.

It's the legit OS that came with my PC, though it was a Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 at the time of installation (April 21, 2003).

Chavez said:


I have made a custom Windows XP unattended edition myself, and stripped it down enough so that it uses 56 MB RAM while idle (15 processes), the entire installation takes up less than 1 GB. All together, I'm certain there's some services you can disable in order to positively influence your computer's performance.

tr1ggers4d said:
Holy shit, I can't believe I'm logging back on to MAL. This thread, at the very least though, has more merit than the rest of the crap on here.

Alright, let's get started.
You're going to need to run a developer build, preferably 4.0+, for this to work. Alternatively, you can use the Ironware version or run the latest trunk build of Chromium, like me.

I think extensions are enabled by default now, not so sure about greasemonkey scripts, but regardless. here are the args to enable extensions and greasemonkey scripts: "--enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts"

Add those to the chrome shortcut.

There are a couple other args which are quite convenient, but they're not very relevant to your purpose.

As for adblock, you can try these once you have all of that setup:
http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/adblock/

I've never been a big fan of adblock, as it doesn't bother me too much. But have fun, it works well enough.

-edit-
Oh wow. You only have 256 mb of ram? Not so sure you want to run chrome. Firefox is more lightweight, if you strip it down enough.

Baby_Naruto said:

How about I write up a list of all of the processes I have running and give it to you?

(I can upload it to pastebin or mediafire)

Wilio said:
I'm sorry but blocking ads is stupid.

Chavez said:


I could do with a hijackthis log.

Asako said:
1.) Please keep this on topic. This is about Chrome, not FF or IE or Opera or anything else. Baby_Naruto has stated he can't just upgrade at the moment, so stop telling him to - if you don't have any useful advice, simply don't post.

2.) On topic, DDR1 is expensive and incredibly out of date, I very strongly recommend not wasting money on it, just save all your christmas/bday money and build a new machine. You could do a super budget machine that will still be a lot better than what you have for like $200-300.

TsukikageRan said:
I'd say update your HOSTS file. This will keep most nasties away until you can get a new machine. The newest list will ban most known adverts and bad sites from ever entering your browser.[url=http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm]http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Hope that helps...

Baby_Naruto said:


I googled it, but it only talks about removing adware and stuff.

I just want to show you a list of the current running processes on my computer xD.

neutralizer said:


Protip: a quick read through google won't tell you everything

hijackthis log will return running processes.