FireFox: How to block ads

You can get rid of almost all annoying ads in Firefox using the AdBlock addon. You can block all types of ads (iFrames, Flash, etc.) All you need to do is

• Install AdBlock
• Restart Firefox
• And add filters

Once you install Adblock and restart firefox, you will have new drop-down menu options:

You can right click on any ad and select “Adblock Image…” or “Adblock iFrame” and you will see the following window:

You can see that the ad is located at “http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/gm.lifehacker/security;ptile=4;sz=300×250;ord=12961295?” which is hosted at ad.doubleclick.net. Now by looking at the URL – you know that “ad.doubleclick.net” is an advertising website and you will never need to use it unless you are an advertiser yourself. You can block all ads from that domain by adding the following filter:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/*

Where asterisk (“*”) means “anything that’s hosted there…”

This is what I have in my filters:

You can also add filters like:
*ads*
*banner*
*advert*

To block everything that contains “ad” or “banner” in the URL.