Probably every Internet user noticed that today the World Wide Web is replete with advertising. This applies even to situations when a user logs into a site, and he is immediately invited to buy something. To avoid the appearance of such obsessive offers, a special add-on Adblock Plus was created, the reviews of which speak for themselves. Let us dwell on this application in more detail.
What it is
To begin with, it’s worth dispelling the myth that Adblock Plus is a program in the usual sense. The fact is that this add-on does not apply to the type of applications launched in manual mode. Rather, it is a background service that can be installed in any "OS", or rather, in all browsers that are used for Internet surfing.
In other words, the same Adblock Plus package for the Yandex browser is exactly the add-on that you can enable to block ads after installation.
Of course, you can understand the phrase that advertising is the engine of trade, but when it becomes too intrusive and goes beyond all reasonable limits, you need to deal with this. It was for these purposes that the Adblock Plus applet was created, reviews of which say that it is almost the best in its field. In addition to its main purpose, the service also has a number of additional functions, although not all of them are available on the same Android devices.
Work principles
Now a little more about the add-on. If you take Adblock Plus for Firefox or for any other browser used in the system for traveling on Internet sites, there are not particularly significant differences between versions compatible with a particular version of the browser. As a rule, the add-on itself has a standard interface that can be integrated directly into the browser.
In the end, the same Adblock Plus add-on for the Yandex browser or any other can only be seen as an icon hanging in the main panel in the upper right corner.
In both stationary and mobile operating systems, the principle of the service remains the same. As you know, any banner ad has its own link to a specific site and a special code for inserting into a specific site in agreement with its administrator. The principle of operation of the Adblock Plus add-on is based on a system for blocking such cross addresses and codes that are present in the banner, usually presented in the form of an animated picture in .gif format (as a rule, ordinary .jpg or .bmp pictures are extremely rare).
Installation in Internet browsers
Fundamentally, the installation and use of, say, Adblock Plus for Firefox, Chrome or any other means to access the Internet are not particularly different in their basic principle. This, incidentally, applies to the operating systems themselves. For example, about such a service for Windows or about the Adblock Plus applet for Android, reviews only say that there are no cardinal differences. You just need to install the program through the installation distribution (as a rule, this is the only Setup.exe file), and then activate the service in the selected browser. But here it is worth considering several points regarding the correct installation and operation of the application itself.
Here it is worthwhile to dwell separately on stationary and mobile "OSes", since some important points are still present.
Stationary systems
In the usual sense, installation principles are very simple in general. It all comes down to the fact that you need to download or install a version of the application designed only for a specific browser. For example, in the case of installing Adblock Plus for Chrome, user and expert reviews only say that it will be impossible to install such an add- on in the same “Opera”. An application simply cannot integrate into internal services or into the browser interface (although there are universal distributions that install the service regardless of which browser is used by default in the system).
Mobile devices
With mobile systems such as Android, things are somewhat different. First of all, to install the service you will need to enable the installation mode from unknown sources. This is done by accessing the settings, where you will need to select the "Security" line. Opposite it, you need to check.
If the add-on is installed from a computer terminal using any mobile gadget management program, in some cases it will be necessary to enable USB debugging (when connecting the gadget via the appropriate port).
Now about the saddest thing. As for the installation of Adblock Plus, the feedback from the owners of Android-systems indicates that this service can only be used with the original OS version 3.1 and higher. In some cases, if you have a version below the Quartet, you may need root privileges. And about installation in the system 3.0 and below in general it is not necessary to speak. No rights will help here (unless flashing the device to a later version of Android). This is due to the fact that the problem will be in setting up a proxy server. As practice shows, neither manual nor automatic configuration in this case simply does not work.
Configure basic settings
As for the basic settings (both in stationary and in mobile computer systems), everything is simple here.
As a rule, in any browser there is a special menu called "Add-ons", where, in fact, Adblock Plus is located. User reviews say that you just need to activate the add-on with the appropriate power button or “slider”.
On mobile systems, you can specify startup at the start of the device itself, select unwanted sites that will be blocked, specify a list of exceptions, and set the frequency for updating all site lists.
Program: Pros and Cons Reviews
According to reviews of the Adblock Plus program, in most cases, "heavy" ads that load the system resources of any "OS" (stationary or mobile) are blocked quite well. Naturally, you can’t argue with that.
However, there are also disadvantages. The fact is that the service itself in some cases may not work or behave incorrectly, considering that such and such a website are potentially dangerous. No, access to the web page will not be blocked , but problems can arise when viewing the resource. Most often, such errors are found in mobile systems.
Total
As already understood, only the main aspects related to the installation and use of the Adblock Plus add-on in various operating systems, devices and Internet browsers are considered here. In principle, any user will be able to deal with all the settings. You just need to select the appropriate version for your browser (or system).
As mentioned above, it is better not to experiment with old-generation Android devices, but nothing will work. In addition, it is worth paying attention to one more thing. Here, so to speak, pitfalls in the global sense can also be present in the included browser or system settings in terms of using ActiveX elements (in most cases for desktop computer systems with Windows on board). In some cases, disabling them can be quite an effective way to deal with banners or advertising, even without installing Adblock Plus in the appropriate browser. However, here you also need to be very careful, because you can turn off absolutely everything, and then the pages of websites will not display correctly or not at all.
Such settings are recommended only for experienced users who are well versed in how such a shutdown can affect the entire system as a whole. Ordinary users have enough standard installation and application of default parameters. So no one should have problems using the Adblock Plus add-on.
Moreover, in some cases, after the service itself is turned on, even the participation of the user is not required, not to mention the fact that manual application launch will not be needed. As they say, this is the whole trick. And that is precisely the moment of automation of ad blocking plays a key role here.