# Are there any banner ad blockers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 19, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127 "2003-08-19T03:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127/1 "2003-08-19T03:57:02Z")
…Share/freeware banner ad blockers, specifically. I saw this mentioned at ZoneAlarm’s website, but it was for a version I have to pay for. This sure sounded like a good idea to me. Please don’t tell me I’m ruining the internet’s free content. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127/2 "2003-08-19T04:08:07Z")
The one I use is called Ad-Erase. I’ve had no trouble with it. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127/3 "2003-08-19T04:10:20Z")
While I would be the last to chastise you, I would humbly suggest that it might be somewhat uncouth to ask this question on such a site as this, which is itself giving away free content funded in part by banner ads. ---
**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127/4 "2003-08-19T06:27:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*While I would be the last to chastise you, I would humbly suggest that it might be somewhat uncouth to ask this question on such a site as this, which is itself giving away free content funded in part by banner ads. \*\* Hehe. Yeah. 🙂 :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![transitionality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@transitionality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/transitionality)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127/5 "2003-08-19T07:33:50Z")
Banner ads? Where? Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127/6 "2003-08-19T08:02:55Z")
There’s a banner on the straight dope homepage. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-banner-ad-blockers/196127/7 "2003-08-19T13:46:13Z")
Mozilla has a feature to block loading of images from any particular server. Just right-click on an image and choose “Block images from this server.” Pages you visit frequently tend to have the same servers distributing the banner ads. It also can block pop-up windows. In addition to this, the new [Mozilla Firebird](http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/) browser has a very nice “Flash click to play.” All those annoying Flash ads just appear as a gray rectangle, which you can click if you really do want to see the Flash animation.