How to use Ad Blocker

Block ad sites and remove banners, image ads and flash ads!

What can IE7Pro Ad Blocker do?

IE7Pro Ad Block can block 5 kinds of ad of webpage .

Block all kind of flash

Block url source config by src attribute

Block image files which config by <img> tag

Block content which config by <div> tag

Block content which config by <iframe> tag

Flash Block

Enable/Disable Flash Block

There are two way to Enable/Disable Flash Block

1. "Preferrence" --> "Ad Filter" --> "Enable Flashing Blocking"

2. Left click ie7pro status bar icon --> "Enable Flashing Blocking"

What will be blocked?

1. Any kind of flash such as swf and flv will be blocked.

2. Any method to embed flash file for playing in webpage will be blocked.

3. Flash will not be blocked when flash url is in ie7pro whitelist.

What should do to not block certern flash?

IE7Pro 0.9.12 and below will block any flash on any site , so when you want to not block certern flash , you need add the url to whitelist .

Further version will add more customize features for user to control flash block.

Url Block

What does url block do?

Url block will prevent the display of source content config by src attribute. For example :

1. <img src="your block url" />

2. <script src="your block url" type="text/javascript"></script>

3. <iframe src="your block url"></iframe>

4. <embed src="your block url"></embed>

5. <frame src="your block url" />

Example: How to online advertisement network provider's ad?

There are many online advertisement network provider such as Clicksor.com, Bidvertiser.com, Google Adwords, Adtegrity.com and etc . Most of them use <script> tag to embeded their customer's advertisement to publisher's website. We can use ie7pro url blocker to block this type of advertisement.

Adtegrity.com advertisement code:

<!-- BEGIN STANDARD TAG - 728 x 90 - Sing365: Section: 4593 - DO NOT MODIFY --><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://content.adtegrity.net/rmtag3.js"></SCRIPT><SCRIPT language="JavaScript">var rm_host = "http://ad.adtegrity.net";var rm_section_id = 129;rmShowAd("728x90");</SCRIPT>

Url Block code: *adtegrity.net/rmtag3.js*

Be careful, if you ure *adtegrity.net*, that will cause you can not visit http://adtegrity.net also ; If you use rmtag3.js, that may be block rmtag3.js from any site.

Use image/div/frame block instead of url block

For url block only prevent content of url to display but not remove tags , url block may cause script erro or blank area. SO ,if you want to block an advertisement, first think about using image/div/frame block block

For example: <img src="http://images.stardock.com/store/GC2_468x60.gif" width="468" height="60" border="1" />

you can use url block rule *GC2_468x60.gif* with a 468*60 blank area left ;or use image block rule *GC2_468x60.gif* with nothing left which looks like the ad never exists.

Image Blocker

What does image block do?

image block can block ads defined by <img> tag. You can use not only the src attribute but also other attribute such as width,height,border and etc in blocking rules .The blocked <img> tag will be removed from HTML code , making the ad picture looks like never exists .

Small Tips

We know most picture in 468*60 are ads , you can add image rules *width*468*height*60* to block all of them. Using regular expression you can write more accurately rules.

Div Block

What does div block do?

Div block can block ads defined by <div> tag. You can use all attribute support by <div> tag such as id,class,width,height,style and etc in blocking rules .The blocked <div> tag will be removed from HTML code , making the div content looks like never exists .

Iframe Block

What does iframe block do?

Iframe block can block ads defined by <iframe> tag. You can use all attribute support by <div> tag such as url,id,class,width,height,style and etc in blocking rules .The blocked <iframe> tag will be removed from HTML code , making the div content looks like never exists .

Example:

Website: http://www.lyricsandsongs.com

Ad code:

<iframe src="http://adsrv.lyricsandsongs.com/left_160_600.html" width="160" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Iframe block code: *adsrv.lyricsandsongs.com*

Regular Expressions

How to use Regular Expressions?

Ie7pro ad blocker use /Regular Expressions/ to define Regular Expressions.

Example 1:

/ad\d/ can block URL contains: ad0, ad1, ad2, .... , ad9 . will not block "adm" like "*ad?" do.

Example 2:

Source Code: <img src="http://images.test.com/32152/ad468x60.gif" />

Url block code:/ad\d{3}x\d{2}/

Img block code:*src=*ad???x??.gif*

Some Question

Ask: If I want to filter all images under a directory named "ad_image", I CAN'T add a IMG filter entry like "/ad_image/" since IE7Pro will mis-interprete this as a Regex?

Answer: */ad_image/* will not be interpreted as Regex .

Ask: What is regular expressions?

Answer:If you want to understand Regular Expressions, you should go to this site as he has a pretty good primer on it.http://www.regular-expressions.info/.

Useful features

View what have been blocked or allowed

Right click IE7Pro statusbar icon, choose "ad filter advanced" --> "view filter info...." , you can find what have been blocked or allowed.

Quick action to add whilelist

This feature especially usefully when you find flash movie or game has been block by ie7pro । Right click IE7Pro statusbar icon, choose "ad filter advanced" --> "Don't block this site...." , the site of current tab will be add into whitelist.

Source: http://www.ie7pro.com/ad-blocker.html