Ad blocking test. The best ad blockers for Chrome and Firefox browsers: review, comparison, tests

February 1, 2016 / Frontend Ad blocking check, or “Please disable AdBlock”

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Developers cannot disable AdBlock for a user, so there are three options left:

Do nothing.

Determine whether the user's blocker is enabled and show him a message asking him to disable it on the site.

Determine whether the user's blocker is enabled, block access to the site and show a requirement to disable the blocking in order to view the content.

Most often, sites show a message asking you to turn off the blocker. To do this, you need to determine whether the user has it enabled. I have 3 solutions to this problem.

Method 1

Use the popular FuckAdBlock script.

function adBlockNotDetected () ( alert ("AdBlock is not active" ); ) function adBlockDetected () ( alert ("AdBlock is active" ); )

On the plus side- the solution is popular and working, there is community support.
Of the minuses- you need to download an additional 6.75 KB.

Method 2

This option is extremely simple and is designed so that AdBlock blocks any loading of external scripts called ads.js. Therefore, we need to create such a file and write in it:

window. noAdBlock = true ;

if (! noAdBlock ) ( alert ("AdBlock is enabled!" ) )

This method is not as reliable as the first, but the file is empty. But the user still needs to download an empty file, and this is an unnecessary connection. Although if you have http2, then this is not a problem.

Method 3

The third method is based on catching an error event when loading an advertising script:

On the plus side- you don’t need to load anything and everything works.
Of the minuses- if the user had problems with the connection, and the script file did not load for some other reason, then he will see a message about some kind of AdBlock, which he may not even know about.

Hello! Nowadays, the problem of viruses is not very acute - most users already generally understand what can be opened and what is highly discouraged... and modern Windows 10 is already less vulnerable to malware. And what do most users use a computer for? — surf the Internet and watch a movie. But with browsers, not everything is so simple, so the issue of blocking ads in the browser is more relevant than ever before.

If you are interested in the issue of ad blocking... or you have started to notice ads where there were never any (and even worse if advertising is already popping up in the browser), then I can tell you with confidence that you are not alone, and I will try to explain to you how to get rid of this illness.

How to block ads in your browser - simple steps to a clean Internet

• Advertising, which was deliberately installed by the site owner, is the most common and easiest method of advertising to block.
• Crashing, infuriating advertising on all sites... pop-up windows, spontaneous opening of the browser, various casinos and other nonsense - it is much more difficult to treat, but it’s possible (the problem is that your computer is showing you ads)

Initially, I want to show the basic setting of ad blocking in the browser (if this does not help, then you most likely have advertising modules or AdWare as they are called).

Recognizing AdWare is quite simple - it is a pop-up flashy advertisement in the browser on all pages (for example, on Yandex a Vulcan casino may be advertised or a browser with advertising may open spontaneously).

It’s clear that this is not normal... so I want to tell you about a method for blocking Yandex Browser (now I use it myself and can recommend it to you). In the instructions we will consider universal options that are suitable even for Internet Explorer or EDGE. Let's look at both paid and free extensions - don't switch, it will be interesting!

How to remove advertising in the Yandex browser

Do you know why I like the Yandex browser? — it contains a lot of useful things for a Russian-speaking user. In addition, there is a built-in ability to filter ads using the third-party service AdGuard (I previously used AdBlock Plus, but after switching from Firefox to Ya.Browser there is no point in installing a third-party extension). This extension can be turned on simply - open the menu and go to “Add-ons”... and turn on the “Adguard” extension.

By default, advertising from Yandex and Google will not be blocked (and even normal advertising there, sometimes even useful) - whether to disable it or not is up to you. On my own behalf, I would like to add that sometimes this is the only way for the author of a resource to earn money... after all, you need to pay for hosting, spend time writing posts like this one. Well, monetization is a great motivation to develop and fill your resource.

Well, that was a small lyrical digression - you can go to the extension settings and disable the “Allow search advertising and sites’ own promotions” option. This way you will completely disable all advertising on websites known to the extension.

ADGUARD is an excellent ad blocker for any browser

Since we are talking about ad blocking, it would be a crime not to talk about the wonderful AdGuard application. What if I told you that you can block ads not only in the browser, but also in various applications where they are often found? Skype, Viber, uTorrent - all these programs are popular and constantly annoying with ads, but AdGuard will automatically remove them all. You can download it from the official website...

AdGuard deserves a separate note, which I plan to write in the future, but for now a short overview of the capabilities

Installation is the same as everywhere else, nothing new was invented... however, I would advise not to install recommended products (well, if we want, we’ll install it ourselves, I don’t like this intrusiveness)

What can I tell you about the best application for blocking ads on your computer? Many people are looking for ways to disable advertising on Skype or torrent, delve into the code, edit something there - this is all real and tested in practice... but you can just install AdGuard and it will automatically block ads in all popular applications - isn’t it beautiful?!

The Parental Control feature seemed useful. I don’t know what filters it works on - but the joke is not in blocking porn sites and other bad resources... but in the inability to even find them in the search.

But of course, it is not without its drawbacks - the application is paid, but its price does not exceed the cost of pizza... support the developers, do not bother with torrents! And don’t forget - the AdGuard application is used to block ads; it will not help against viruses. You can use a good antivirus for free against all evil spirits.

How to remove ads in Google Chrome browser and other browsers

Now let's move on to the easiest way to get rid of ads in the browser - I used this extension until I switched to Yandex Browser with the AdGuard extension. Suitable for any browser (or almost, all known to me are supported) - just go to the official website of the extension...

I’ll tell you using Google Chrome as an example (but everything is the same for any other - be it Firefox or Opera) - find the largest button “Install for YOUR_BROWSER”. Agree with the installation of the extension and restart your web browser - the lion's share of advertising on sites will disappear.

How to remove ads in the browser? — We choose the best

If you are constantly seeing ads pop up in your browser, and all the methods described above have not corrected the situation, then you most likely have a malicious program on your computer, a browser extension, or the system settings have been changed. The whole problem with this infection is that antiviruses don’t see them, in fact it doesn’t harm the computer... but it infuriates the user. Let's start with disassembling pop-up advertising in the browser.

How to remove pop-up ads automatically

With the spread of this infection, it is not surprising that entire companies gradually began to appear producing applications to combat this advertising ransomware. Thanks to them, most advertising inserts are treated automatically and require virtually no user intervention - I highly recommend you use them.

AdwCleaner - an easy way to remove ads from your computer

In order not to bother you too much and not to bother you with places in the Windows system that are unclear to the average user, I suggest initially trying to remove pop-up ads in the browser automatically. There are many software products for removing AdWare, but my experience tells me to stick with AdwCleaner - in my opinion, the best solution to remove all known extensions from any browser.

Download only from the OFFICIAL website and nowhere else! After launching the application, click “Scan” and wait for the end of the search for harmful programs... check that there is nothing unnecessary in the results and click clean - check after rebooting.

Please note that AdvCleaner also considers all programs from Mail.RU to be malicious. If you use any Mail Agent, do not forget to remove it from the purge list.

HitmanPro is a good way to remove pop-up ads in your browser

A small utility from Malwarebytes, Hitman Pro will find most malware on your computer and can remove them. The application is paid, but with a test period - it will be more useful than ever for us for a one-time cleaning. As usual, download from the official website of the program.

To avoid installing the program on your computer, use the “I’m going to scan the system only once” option. In this case, we will immediately start scanning the operating system for unwanted programs.

As you can see, malware was found in our system (in our example it is a system activator, but it will do for the example) - just click “Next” to clear the found threats.

Remember I wrote that the application is paid? - so, to clean the system, you can activate a free license... click the appropriate button and enter your email to issue you a temporary license.

After cleaning, you should restart your computer and check whether our problem with pop-up advertising inserts has been resolved or not.

Removed pop-up ads in the browser - the Internet does not work

An unpleasant situation happens - you removed pop-ups and ads in your browser and now the Internet does not work. The browser reports that it is unable to connect to the proxy server. The problem is quite common, but has an elementary solution.

Most likely, the left DNS server was used, and since we removed the malicious application - using DNS data turned out to be impossible and useless - you just need to reset the settings to standard

To solve the problem with the error “Cannot connect to the proxy server,” we need to go to the “Control Panel,” open the “Network and Internet” section and in the “Browser Options” category, select “Manage browser settings.”

Make sure that the “Use a proxy server for local connections” checkbox is unchecked and that the “Automatic detection of parameters” option is active.

If the actions taken did not give the desired result, write in the comments, we’ll try to figure out the problem together.

How to remove pop-up ads in your browser manually

If all the methods described above to get rid of viral advertising in the browser did not help, then extreme measures remain - let’s try to fix the situation manually.

Task Scheduler - if ads pop up in the browser

The trend of 2017 is not a new frameless iPhone, but a problem of users who periodically have ads popping up in their browser... and not a single program sees them. I first encountered this species at the end of 2016 (and to be honest, for a very long time I could not understand what the problem was). The situation is as follows: an advertising site periodically opened, even if the browser was closed.

As it turned out, the malware used a task scheduler and simply periodically launched a task - launch the browser at the required time interval and open the site it needed in it (! brilliant).

To improve the health of our system, let’s open the task scheduler and delete it from there...

Open the Start menu and type “Task Scheduler” - find it in the search list and open it. Alternatively, press WIN + R on your keyboard and type taskschd.msc

In one of the tasks, you will probably see the path to the browser with a postscript in the form of a site that constantly opens for you - you should delete it (right-click on the task - delete). There are situations when different sites open all the time - in this case, one site opens, and then redirects to one of many (you just don’t have time to notice it) - just delete dubious tasks with additions to the path to the browser file.

What to do if advertising appears in the browser? — Disable extensions

You can clear your browser of ads and pop-ups simply by disabling the bad extension. Not long ago I installed a browser add-on that allowed me to watch torrents online... everything was great until I noticed that advertising appeared where there had never been one. Unfortunately, I did not notice this right away and therefore the solitaire did not work out right away - it helped that the extension was not installed in another browser and there were no left-handed advertisements there.

I just disabled the browser add-on and the ads disappeared. Try going to the list of extensions:

• For Yandex Browser this is Settings > Add-ons (in the same place where you enabled AdGuard)
• For Google Chrome - Settings > More tools > Extensions

Disable all extensions one by one until the ads stop appearing. This way you will identify a malicious extension - you need to remove it and forget about it forever.

Unfortunately, this point is often ignored, but it is one of the most common. You can’t trust anyone... there are often cases in which the extension that everyone is familiar with starts telling us all sorts of nasty things. We trust him, why do we need to turn him off and check him?! We will look in the place where it is not there... but until the last minute we will not try to simply turn it off for a minute and check.

The Hosts file is the reason for advertising in the browser

Many Adware use the Windows system hosts file to display advertisements. Currently, it is practically not used by advertising malware - usually left-handed Google addresses are registered there or social networks are replaced.

You can correct the hosts file using notepad (which, by the way, must be opened as an administrator, otherwise you will not be able to save changes in it). It is necessary to delete all lines that are under the lines starting with a hash.

Why do ads pop up in the browser? — Editing shortcuts

If, after completing all the steps described above, advertising starts only when you launch the browser itself, then it’s time to pay attention to program shortcuts. In the shortcut properties, delete everything that is outside the quotes (usually the address of the annoying site)... and create new shortcuts for the browser.

This method is incredibly simple, but many people overlook it. In my practice, this option of pop-up advertising occurs very often, so do not underestimate it.

Conclusions about pop-up advertising in the browser and blocking it

Constantly popping up ads in your browser can be very annoying, so be careful when installing different applications and try to use official download sites to minimize the possibility of picking up something unusual, but extremely unpleasant.

I hope this small instruction was useful to you (and it is really small - I described only a small part of the problem areas, but they are the most common) and you were able to defeat advertising in the browser. If something doesn’t work out, write in the comments, we’ll figure it out together!

Blocking ads in browsers has become a necessary measure in recent years: some sites abuse advertising so much that visiting them causes irritation. So which browser ad blockers were the best in 2016?

What types of ad blockers are there for browsers?

According to world statistics, two browsers are the most popular: Chrome and Firefox. Therefore, for our testing, we selected the following ad blockers for these web browsers:

1. AdBlock for Chrome

The most famous ad blocker for Chrome. According to statistics, it was downloaded by more than 200 million users. A version of AdBlock was also released for Firefox, but for some unknown reason Firefox removed it from the extensions page. AdBlock allows you to enable a reasonable ad option for YouTube and Google search, but it is disabled by default.

2. AdBlock Plus for Chrome and Firefox

An equally well-known ad blocker, but its effectiveness is questionable because it introduced “white lists” for advertisements. This extension is available for Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer web browsers. It also works in Android browsers.

3. AdBlock Pro for Chrome

Same as AdBlock Plus, but with a simplified interface and without a whitelist. The extension icon is located right in the address bar and when clicked it offers only 3 options: disable, create a filter and enter settings.

4. Adguard for Chrome and Firefox

Adguard is easy to use and allows you to quickly add additional blocking scripts. Adguard's main product is a shareware application that is installed on your OS and does not require the installation of add-ons or extensions in the browser.

5. AdRemover for Chrome

Based on AdBlock scripts and identical to it (except for regular intrusive requests for project support). The differences between blockers are mostly cosmetic.

6. Ghostery for Chrome and Firefox

Blocks analytical scripts, widgets, web beacons, privacy scripts and advertising. Allows you to enable and disable scripts separately for each site. Also available for Opera, IE, Safari and mobile OS.

7. Simply Block Ads! for Chrome

Another Adblock clone. It has not been updated since the end of 2014 and there is a possibility that not all advertising will be filtered out. However, it is very easy to use and is the only browser extension that does not send usage statistics to the developers.

8. SuperBlock AdBlocker for Chrome

Created based on Adblock by the same developer who made AdRemover. Contains minor changes to the filter list.

9. μ Adblock for Firefox

A primitive blocker in which you do not need to delve into the settings. Allows you to separately enable or disable social media buttons. Hasn't been updated for a long time.

10. µBlock Origin for Chrome and Firefox

• AdBlock Edge for Firefox

The developer does not currently support the project.

• AdvertBan for Firefox

It has not been updated since 2012 and is therefore ineffective.

• AdBlock Lite for Chrome and Firefox

The project is no longer supported, so some advertising is not blocked.

• AdBlock Super for Chrome

Ad blocker test

To avoid inaccuracies in the test, we selected 10 different sites (news agencies, gaming portals). On each of them, we turned on the ad blocker and refreshed the web page 10 times, and then calculated the average for the parameters. For Google Chrome it is:

Page loading time. The time it takes for a web page to fully load. Caching is disabled. This setting can be viewed in the Network tab in the Developer Tools.

Amount of RAM usage. The RAM consumed by the extension can be viewed in Chrome Task Manager (opened by pressing Shift + Esc). We took the maximum value of 10 page loads.

Unfortunately, in Mozilla Firefox it is not possible to view CPU and memory usage for each extension, so we only measured page load time. Also, for the purity of the experiment, we tested the page loading speed without blocking ads.

Tests were carried out on a laptop with a Core Duo 2.2GHz core, 4 GB of RAM, Windows 7 OS and a Wi-Fi connection. All ad blockers are configured by default, with the exception of Ghostery, in which we selected the “Block ads only” option during installation.

You can see the overall test result in front of you.

Results for Chrome:

• Page loading time. The result shows that the ad blocker reduces page load time by two-thirds. The page displays fastest with μBlock, and slowest with Adblock Plus.
• RAM usage. Ghostery performed best with a maximum consumption of 37 MB of memory, and the worst was SuperBlock, which “ate” 113 MB.
μBlock performed well here, but AdBlock Plus turned out to be the most resource-intensive.

Results for Firefox:

• Page load time. Firefox is generally slower to load pages than Chrome. In terms of page loading time, all ad blockers were on par, with the exception of µBlock Origin, which was only 0.4 seconds ahead of the others.

Based on the test results, we have compiled a leaderboard of the best browser ad blockers in 2016, which includes Adguard, Ghostery and µBlock Origin:

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How to determine that a user has Adblock or another ad blocker and fill the advertising space - this will be discussed further. It's up to you to decide what. I’ll warn you right away that you won’t be able to insert contextual advertising, but there is an alternative. Someone puts a stub with a request to add the site to the adblock whitelist, someone blocks access to part of the content, and someone manages to substitute alternative advertising. There are options, the main thing is to choose the right one for you specifically. It is important to understand that it is easier for the user to close the problematic page and go look for answers to questions elsewhere - this applies to content projects with a small regular audience. More about the nuances below.

Identifying Adblock and other ad blockers

What all ad blockers have in common is that as a result of their activity, the ad block has zero height. So, this is how we will define the problem.
Let's assume that adsense is installed on the site. Then in javascript the code will look something like this:

Window.onload = function () ( // Determine whether the Adsense advertisement is cut out var a = document.getElementsByClassName("adsbygoogle"); // If so, then declare inside if (a && a.clientHeight == 0) ( alert ("This site lives on contextual advertising. Please add it to the Adblock whitelist" ) )

This was the simplest example, which, when an ad block is detected, displays a window asking you to add the site to the ad block’s white list. Of course, it will be annoying, and the number of page bounces may increase, which will negatively affect the behavioral factors of the page. Therefore, you can, for example, display referral links instead of an advertising block, having previously shortened them using shortcuts, for example vk.cc, or using a redirect through your own domain. And do not mention compromising names like ad, adblock, ads, banner, and the like, otherwise the adblock won’t let them through.

I personally prefer to select banners or other thematic advertising. The banner may ask you to disable Adblock or add the site to a whitelist. You can create the HTML yourself, but I’ll show you an option with an image below.

Ready code to bypass Adblock

JQuery(document).ready(function($) ( var a = document.getElementsByClassName("adsbygoogle"); if (a && a.clientHeight == 0) ( var $_ = $(" ", ( "src": "/wp-content/themes/sheensay/images/myimage.png", // image src "style": "margin: 1em auto; cursor:pointer", // Set css styles "class ": "link" // assign a class )); $_.on("click", function() ( window.open("https://site", "_blank"); // Substitute your referral link )); // Insert the banner in the right place. In this case, in the place where there should be 1 Adsense block $_.insertBefore(".adsbygoogle:first" ));

The code is inserted anywhere on the page strictly after jQuery is included (in this case, it must be wrapped in ), or placed in an external file and connected again strictly after jQuery.

BlockAlyzer – Adblock counter – WordPress plugin for identifying users with Adblock

If you want to know how many of your website visitors are using ad blockers like , you can use the plugin
BlockAlyzer - Adblock counter . The plugin has not been updated for 2 years, however, it still copes with its direct responsibilities perfectly. It will help you determine.

Below is a list of the best free ad blockers. But none of them is perfect, so it is most effective to use several solutions at once.

Types of advertising When choosing the best blockers, we adhered to the following criteria:

• Completely free;
• Good user ratings;
• No need to register an account to use;
• Recently updated (within the last 12 months);
• Implementation as a plugin for at least one browser or operating system;
• Blocks “media ads” (pop-ups, banners, videos, static images, wallpapers, text ads);
• Blocks advertisements in videos (for example, on YouTube).

To test blockers, we used several sites with different types of advertisements. Among them: Forbes.com, Fark.com, YouTube and OrlandoSentinel.com.
On Orlando Sentinel, we found aggressive ad formats that most ad blockers cannot block. In fact, only a few of them effectively blocked all ads shown on the Orlando Sentinel.

We've tested each of these free tools based on the criteria provided and given them a rating. In addition, the ad blockers listed below, with the exception of Stend Fair Adblocker, are open source software.

The best ad blockers - browser plugins and applications

The best option for blocking ads is to install a specialized plugin or use a browser with a built-in blocker. They interact with sites much more accurately than standalone programs running in the background on your computer.

Stands Fair AdBlocker
It is only available for the Google Chrome browser. With this plugin you can block all types of advertising. But it is only available as an add-on for the Google Chrome browser.
Stands Fair AdBlocker is not designed to block ad blocks, although it can be used for that as well. The development company believes in honest advertising and rewards users who create white lists of ads shown on sites.

Luckily, Stands does a great job of blocking all other ads. Including the aggressive advertising formats shown on the Orlando Sentinel. Plus display ads, autoplay videos, and YouTube ads.

Rating: 7/7

Key benefits: Blocks ads on Facebook and Google search.

Works with: Google Chrome

AdBuard AdBlock
AdGuard AdBlock was able to block all types of ads. But the biggest disadvantage of this ad blocker is that all the features are only available in the premium version. However, the difference between blocker versions is explained only in the reference documentation.

Many users have rated AdBuard AdBlock positively. It has been downloaded over 4 million times and received high ratings.
When we tested it, it was one of the ad blockers that not only effectively blocked ads shown on the Orlando Sentinel website, but also blocked advertising frames with the word “advertisement.”

Rating: 7/7

Main advantages: ability to convert a white list to a black list.

Works with: Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Yandex Browser.

Opera Browser
One of the fastest and most productive browsers. He was one of the first to offer his users a built-in ad blocker.

Once you enable the ad blocker in your settings, it blocks almost every ad you come across. But the browser was unable to block interstitial ads on the Forbes website (blocks of quotes that appear before articles). Most other ad units were blocked.
In addition, the Opera ad blocker successfully blocked advertisements shown on the Orlando Sentinel.

Rating: 7/7

Main advantages: built into a popular browser, simple work with a white list.

Works: with Opera.

Adblock Plus
Is the most popular ad blocking software with over 10 million downloads in the Google Chrome browser alone. This is a free and open source project. Adblock Plus is the basis for many other free blockers.

By default, Adblock Plus is designed to only block ads that are considered intrusive or potentially harmful. Therefore, it requires additional configuration.
If you want to block most ads (including auto-playing videos), you'll need to disable the "Allow some non-intrusive ads" option in Settings. But even in this case, ABP does not block everything.

Adblock Plus was one of the tools that failed to do anything about the ads shown on the Orlando Sentinel. Unfortunately, even the “element blocking” function could not help. ABP is good and popular, but far from perfect.

Rating: 6.5 / 7

Main advantages: presence of an anti-blocking filter.

Works with: Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Yandex Browser, iOS, Android.

uBlock AdBlocker Plus
Unlike other tools, uBlock AdBlocker Plus is easy to use. However, there are some things that the developer could improve. For example, the blocker's website is just a page with the name of the plugin and no additional information.

Block AdBlocker Plus effectively blocks most advertisements, but still lets some through. For example, it did not block the automatic playback of advertising on one of the sites.

When some advertisements were loading, I used the "item blocking" feature to block specific advertisements on the webpage. For example, on the Orlando Sentinel, element blocking worked fine. And its use did not lead to a page reload (as was the case with other ad blockers).

Rating: 6.5 / 7

Main advantages: easy to use, ability to block elements.

Works with: Google Chrome.

uBlock Plus Adblocker
The biggest drawback of this plugin is that it has a clunky interface. There are several settings that are activated using switches. But most of the work involves digging into the parameters. However, uBlock Plus Adblocker effectively blocked all advertisements, including autoplay videos.

The main advantage of the plugin is the presence of a large library of third-party filters. The tool also includes advanced custom settings that allow you to create your own content filters.
During testing, uBlock Plus Adblocker blocked most advertisements. But I couldn't do anything about the banner ads shown on the Orlando Sentinel.

Rating: 6.5 / 7

Main advantages: filters elements and unsafe advertising.

Works with: Google Chrome.

AdBlocker Genesis Plus
If you have used uBlock Origin or AdBlock Plus, this plugin is for you. AdBlocker Genesis Plus is a fork of other popular plugins. It uses the same basic source code, but implements many of its own features.

Its user interface is slightly different, but the ad blocking functionality is the same. The plugin's developer claims to have specifically removed tracking code from the uBlock/AdBlock Plus source code to ensure greater privacy.

This ad blocker has a high rating (4.34 out of 5) based on over 100,000 ratings. But I found that Genesis Plus doesn't block all ads. The plugin blocked simple display ads on one site (Fark.com), but was unable to block a display ad on the Orlando Sentinel.

Rating: 6/7

Main advantages: no tracking code, simple “white list” button, “block elements” button.

Works with: Google Chrome.

Adblock Ultimate
Open source project. The tool allows you to deal with most advertisements. In testing, it was able to block YouTube ads and most display ads on websites. This ad blocker has high ratings: 4.84 out of 5 from Google Chrome users and over 600,000 installations.

The plugin was unable to handle the ads shown on the Orlando Sentinel. It did not block ads broadcast on this site at all. But for those who only need to cut out most of the ads, this is a good option. Unfortunately, the plugin has not been updated for over a year. Because of this, his rating was lowered.

Rating: 6/7

Key Benefits: Fast “element blocking” feature that allows you to instantly block any advertisements.

Works with: Google Chrome.

NoScript

This tool is only suitable for Firefox and is more of a script blocker than an ad blocker. NoScript prevents all types of scripts from loading on web pages: JavaScript, Java, Flash and others. You can allow certain types of scripts to be loaded. But by default, the tool applies a fairly “hard” filter.

As a result of its work, most display ads are blocked. This includes aggressive advertising on the Orlando Sentinel, which other tools could not cope with. But NoScript does not block ads in videos at all.

Rating: 5.5/7

Main advantages: complete blocking of scripts.

Works with: Firefox.

Why aren't Privacy Badger and Ghostery on this list?

You may have heard about the popular ad blockers Privacy Badger and Ghostery. The fact is that these plugins are not designed to block ads, but to refuse ads and other elements of sites that violate user privacy. As a result, they both block certain types of advertisements. But first and foremost, the tools are aimed at protecting privacy.