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Is Adblock Plus safe to install? #1063240
04/16/16 04:47 PM
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I have win 7-home premium 64 bit. have internet explorer 11.
And as you all know I am just awful about understanding the PC.
With the last update there was a window that popped up telling you how to reset your search engine (don't know whether to have Bing or Google (which I have been using) as the default search engine...any help here?
Also when I looked where they told me to look to select Google (which when I selected as my default DID NOT SHOW UP ON LIST OF SEARCH PROVIDER..ONLY BING WILL.
..ANYWAY I noticed they listed Adblocker as a nice thing to have to block those annoying ads that clog up the loading times and are generally pretty useless to me.
Does anyone have this and is it safe to download / and is there a lot of fiddling with it...preferences, etc.... In other words is safe and will install itself and just do its thing...AND is it easy to Uninstall if I think don't want to use anymore...Thanks

Re: Is Adblock Plus safe to install? [Re: gamenut] #1063252
04/16/16 06:52 PM
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I've been using Add block for a year now with Firefox and it works fine with no issues.

Re: Is Adblock Plus safe to install? [Re: gamenut] #1063253
04/16/16 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted By: gamenut

With the last update there was a window that popped up telling you how to reset your search engine (don't know whether to have Bing or Google (which I have been using) as the default search engine...any help here?
Also when I looked where they told me to look to select Google (which when I selected as my default DID NOT SHOW UP ON LIST OF SEARCH PROVIDER..ONLY BING WILL.

For IE, see if this helps
Quote:
Internet Explorer 11

Open Internet Explorer.
In the top right corner of the search box, click the down arrow.
Click Add.
Select Google.
Click Add to Internet Explorer.
Check the box next to"Make this my default search provider."
Click Add.

That's from Google's page here
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/464?hl=en


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..ANYWAY I noticed they listed Adblocker as a nice thing to have to block those annoying ads that clog up the loading times and are generally pretty useless to me.
Does anyone have this and is it safe to download / and is there a lot of fiddling with it...preferences, etc....

The title of your thread refers to "Adblock Plus," not "Adblocker"

If you are talking about Adblock Plus, it's fine if you're talking about the desktop version.
Some people say UBlock Origin is better, but I don't think it's available for IE.


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