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Root Radio Shack Ad

hroark13

hroark13

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How do I get rid of this stupid Red Radio Shack ad that keeps popping up on my screen


I know that Android Forums needs to make money with advertising, but this things is just too annoying.

It is making me not want to come on this site anymore.
 
ABP worked great on firefox, but I'm finding it doesn't seem to block much
on Chrome. I stuck with FF long as I could for this reason alone. I'm extremely
paranoid of bug infested ads and ABP does a nice job of blocking them.

Firefox has become way too bloated however sucking up massive amounts of
system ram and such so I've recently been migrating to Chrome. ABP for
Chrome is still in beta so hopefully in the end it'll perform as well as it has for
me on Firefox.
 
I've been using ABP with chrome for a rather long time and haven't seen an ad in ages. What isn't it blocking for you?
 
I haven't seen any radio shack ads in months. I do know the ads you are referring to, and frankly that is one of the main reasons I went to ABP.
 
I use chrome almost exclusively at work, home and laptop. Windows 7 Home premium, Windows 7 Pro, Ububntu Krusty Kangaroo (or whatever the latest iteration is) and I don't ever see the ads anymore. Maybe I'm special, or the avatar is more prophetic than I realize.
 
For explorer 8 just go to the top right where little gear is click it. Choose internet options, then privacy, then settings and then last remove this site if it is on the list. That should stop the radio shack add from popping up on explorer.
 
I actually had no idea this ad existed until you posted this lol. I use squidguard with blocklists for malware, spyware, adware, ads, etc. My point in mentioning this is that any content-filtering software (such as parental software etc) will work as well. Just block advertisements as a category.

I couldn't be happier, especially because if I ever do click on an ad it's strictly by accident.
 
The problem with Chrome is the file system gets corrupted and won't block ads anymore. I suspect that its probably one of the sites that I visit that keeps corrupting it on purpose so they can get their ad revenue.

You can fix it by going to

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

and delete the folder named "File System" the bad thing is whatever site I keep visiting keeps corrupting the file system so it a very temporary solution.
 
I'm runnin Opera and I don't notice the adds at all... the only time I've ever seen the radio shack ad was when I was using IE9..
 
What Radio Shack Ad? I use Chrome on the laptop and Avast. Block Popups,. Etc.

Damn Roark, Please don't go to any Porn sites. Lol.

Talk about Pop ups...
 
wyelkins said:
What Radio Shack Ad? I use Chrome on the laptop and Avast. Block Popups,. Etc.

Damn Roark, Please don't go to any Porn sites. Lol.

Talk about Pop ups...
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