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    AdBlockPlus for Chrome!!!!!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by McGrady, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    A solution to this for now until they add add-ons is http://www.privoxy.org/

    1.) Install Privoxy
    2) Click on the Wrench icon in Chrome in the upper right corner
    3.) Choose options>Under The Hood>Change proxy settings
    4.) A windows box pops up, choose LAN settings
    5.) Check off "Proxy settings" and in the address setting add 127.0.0.1 and in the port 8118
    6.) If you have the option, you can also check off "Bypass proxy for local settings"
    7.) Click "Ok", close chrome and restart it.

    VOILA, ADBLOCKPLUS FOR CHROME.
     
    McGrady, Sep 10, 2008
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  2. fonduekid

    fonduekid JSUTAONHTERBIRCKINTEHWLAL

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    Cool stuff :) Thanks for the heads up :) Cheers.
     
    fonduekid, Sep 10, 2008
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  3. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, its very good. Works well :D
     
    McGrady, Sep 10, 2008
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    dadoes Notebook Consultant

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    I tried privoxy and it slowed down my browsing too much.
     
    dadoes, Sep 11, 2008
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  5. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have no slowdowns what so ever. did u set it up correctly?
     
    McGrady, Sep 11, 2008
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    how do u set it up correctly? I installed privoxy, left it at default settings and set chrome to point to it.
     
    dadoes, Sep 11, 2008
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    Fe ® Notebook Geek

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    Still getting some ads on soccergaming.com forums. Dunno if that's just passed through or if there's a subscriber version to get rid of those. Was really looking forward to this, pretty much decided to get rid of Opera if this was working fine.
     
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  8. McGrady

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    Directions 2-7
     
    McGrady, Sep 11, 2008
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