Annoying ads have occupied the place on the Internet in every good service. When you visit a website the frustrating ads popup when you are reading an interesting article.
These ads waste your time and some adware can ruin your browsing experience. According to the speed test and experience, the highly ad-enabled sites will increase our Internet traffic and slow down the overall browsing experience.
What is adware and web advertising programs?
Website owners use adware or online advertising programs to monetize their blogs or sites. The adware programs display advertisements in several forms. They use banners, popup banners, link ads and many more. The revenue of these advertising firms purely depends on the high traffic to generate a good income to the publisher.
Every website you visit to collect your basic browsing data and advertiser use this data to show relevant ads on the website. Their primary aim is to make as much money as possible. Adware programs will invade your privacy and target you with the specified and relevant ads based on your personal profile, interest, habits, and location.
These findings add growing evidence of an increase in the ad platforms tremendously these years. Few websites stuff the ads in such a way they impossibly difficult to block and the reading experience unfavourable.
A good ad blocker will block all the annoying ads that plague your browsing experience. Today, I collected a list of best ad blockers which are really fighting against unwanted advertisements while browsing.
What are Ad Blockers?
Ad blockers are the tools which block the unwanted ads displaying on the websites you visit. They will protect your privacy from advertisers who totally rely on your personal data to show the relevant ads.
They will improve your browsing experience by blocking the ads resulting the faster loading times and smoother browsing experience.
Advertisers are using various kind of ad networks and techniques to show the ads. To combat the situation, there are several types of ad blockers available to use. Here are the few types of ad blockers which are worth using.
- Browsers: Some browsers are offering built-in ad blocker software. If you use these kinds of browsers you don’t need to worry about the adware when you visit a website. The browser will automatically block the advertisements and banners. However, ad blocker enabled browsers functionality of ad blocking is limited when compared to the dedicated ad blockers.
- Extensions: There are plenty of extensions available for almost all browsers to block adware programs. Extensions are available in both free and paid versions which have more options than the built-in browser blockers.
- Router: Few firmware has the capability of blocking the adware from the router. Router firmware such as OpenWRT and DD-WRT has plenty of options to personalize the settings. It includes a variety of ad-blocking options you just need to tweak in the router settings. A simple tweak is blocking the URL’s in the router will block all the ads serving from a particular website.
- VPN’s: Some VPN services are offering a dedicated ad blocker features that protect you from adware. VPN has many benefits apart from hiding your IP address. They will protect you from collecting the personal data by websites by anonymizing your real geo-location. When you purchase a good VPN, you can install it on your multiple devices at a time to protect your home devices from adware.
In this article, we are suggesting the simple forms of ad-blocking which are extensions and add-ons. These are uncomplicated to install and easy to use. And, they instantly start working after the installation.
1. Adblock
I think it fair to say that Adblock is a reputed name in the most popular ad blocker extensions for almost all browsers. It stands on its name and stops all the unwanted and annoying ads which are ruining the browsing experience. It has filthy of options to customize the usability of the program by the user. The options include blocking individual ads, preset filters, allowing other ads to show, and whitelisting.
2. CleanWeb by Surfshark
Surfshark Clean web is an adblocker comes with SurfSharkVPN package. It will block all the ads to appear on the websites. Also, the program is able to stop trackers implemented by Facebook and other social media sites. We personally tested the program and found the Clean Web is very effective in blocking the ads and surprisingly it can block YouTube ads as well.
3. CyberSec by NordVPN
CyberSec from NordVPN is a perfect adblocker available for all platforms. However, it is not a free product and comes with the NordVPN premium plan. The CyberSec is a powerful adblocker which blocks all the advertisement bombing plans by websites you visit. By using the NordVPN you can take the complete advantage of the anonymity and malware protection.
4. 1Blocker
1Blocker is an exclusive adblocker for Apple devices. The tool features a full-fledged set of ad blocking capabilities. It has can block crypto-mining, ads, cookie notices, mobile app banners, tracking and data collectors, comments blocking, blocking adult sites, and block social media widgets, share buttons and other social icons. The service is very fast in blocking features and it is the number one choice for Safari users to block all types of unwanted advertisements.
5. AdLock
AdLock is a paid ad-blocking tool available for Desktop and Android platforms. The desktop version costs a $22 per year, whereas Android one costs $11 per year subscription. The service is very intensive at finding the ads and trackers when you start using the program. It can stop all the ads, auto-playing videos, pop-up on websites and services you visit.
6. Comodo AdBlocker
Comodo AdBlocker is an open-source ad blocker used by over 50 million people all over the world. Companies are directly injecting the ads on the website by using various kinds of scripts. These scripts are updated regularly to serve the ads better and related to visitors habits. Comodo AdBlocker is a powerful ad-blocked to prevent fraudulent ad networks and malware.
7. Windscribe – Free Proxy and Ad Blocker
Windscribe is a popular free VPN service. Only a few know that it has an ad block extension too. It is a free Google Chrome extension which offers a free VPN along with ad-blocking. The service helps you to browse anonymously by masking your real physical location by spoofing your IP address. Also, there are plenty of features that are available to free you with the advertisements bombings. Some features include Ad+ Tracker blocking, social blocking, whitelisting, WebRTC blocking, timezone spoofing, and cookie monitoring.
8. Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Ghostery doesn’t need any introduction to the regular browser users. The service lets you comfortably browse the Internet without annoying banner ads and other pop-up advertisements. It’s highly customizable, so you can now do your own stuff with it, create blacklists, exceptions, block cookies and similar. It’s up to you how you utilize its possibilities.
9. uBlock Origin
uBlock Origin is yet another popular ad-blocking option available for browsers. It is available in the form of extension, and addon. It can block every type of ads, from popups to those who just take over your screen or appear behind the tab you are using, or in the corner of the screen. You name it; this good boy will fix everything for you.
10. AdGuard AdBlocker
Designed to block all ads, popups, video ads after installation. Like every entry on our list, AdGuard also offers creation of whitelists and blacklists, to block ads or some content that you don’t like. It also helps us to speed up web loading speeds by saving bandwidth by avoiding unwanted ads and pop-ups.
Conclusion
These all are the best ad-blocking tools available for multiple platforms. Let us know your valuable feedback in the comment section below.