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I got my new computer yesterday and it's finally online today, observe the SUPA MASTA COMPUTA stats:

 

AMDXP2100

ASUS333 DDR

256MB PC2700 333

LG DVD 16x

CD-RW 40x12x40

IBM 80GB 7200RPM

ASUS V8420 GFORCE 128MB AGP TI4200

SBlive 5.1 DOLBY DIGITAL

1.44 MB FLOPPY

350W USB/SPK/MIC output SILVER

TB/XP FAN

10/100 Tbase NIC

LOGITECH internet navigator USB keyb

MS wheel Optical

LOGITECH Z560 5.1 Speakers

LG 795FT 17" FLAT .24 1600x1200

HP laserjet 1000 printer

 

 

:cool: Hail to the king, baby !

 

edlib could you give me the name of those no-ads software you once talked about, I have one but the one you mentioned seemed better, thank you.

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These are all free:

 

Ad-Subtract SE

There is also a for-pay version, which is undoubtably better, but I'm cheap and this works good enough for me. I do hate web advertising, but not enough to spend a lot of money to get rid of it. They do bug you to upgrade A LOT though, so be prepared. It does get most of the most common banner ads.

WebWasher

A bit tricky to set up, but does stop almost all the ads the other one misses, as well as most pop-ups, redirects, and unwanted script trickiness. Can be problematic with some sites though.

Ad-Aware

Kills spyware. A must-have if you value your privacy.

Spybot Search & Destroy

Ditto, although it can also be setup to erase browser history files, cookies, Media Player histories, etc. Also a bit tricky to set up at first, but it does find spyware that AdAware sometimes misses.

Pop-Up Stopper

Dedicated pop-up/ under killer. I only use it when WebWasher won't work with a site and I have to turn it off, but don't want to be bothered with pop-ups.

Zone Alarm Firewall

A personal firewall. Don't surf the web without it.

 

!WARNING!

Use of these products (WebWasher and AdSubtract) can slow down your connection a little bit, since these things work by way of a proxy server. I'm on cable and I don't notice it much, but that seems to be the biggest complaint with these things. Personally, I'll wait an extra second or two for a page to load if I don't have to stare at a dozen flashing animated ads, or spend 30 seconds closing pop-up windows. But for some people that's too long to wait. To each his own, I guess.

You have been warned.

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