It would seem that moving from watching television to a more conscious and selective receipt of information, namely through the Internet, we finally freed ourselves from unnecessary and intrusive advertising. It not only distracts attention, distracting from the main thing, but also frankly annoying. However, to our deep regret, there was a place in the World Wide Web for this engine of trade, and what a place! It’s worth going to absolutely any site - and in most cases, advertising pops up right away : in the Yandex browser and FireFox, Chrome and Interet Explorer - no matter what software you use, there’s no way to hide from it. Are there really no ways to rid yourself of extra intrusive information? Why, there are solutions to the problem, and there are several. Let's look at the basic methods of how to disable ads in the Yandex.Browser.
Get rid of ads by the browser itself
We suggest starting directly from the settings of the browser itself. To implement this method, all you need is access to the Internet. Open the browser and follow the following instructions:
- In the upper right corner, find the icon called "Service" (or use the keyboard shortcut Alt + X) and select "Internet Options" in the list that opens.
- We need the Advanced tab. Here, in the settings window, you can adjust certain settings for working on the Internet - enable or disable certain actions.
- In this case, we need to disable ads on Yandex (the browser that we use). We find the "Multimedia" section and remove the icons from the following items:
- play animations on web pages;
- play sounds on web pages (if necessary);
- show images;
- show picture frames;
- Allow alternative codecs for multimedia elements.
Having unchecked the above checkboxes, click the "Apply" button. Now you will not be distracted by pop-ups, constantly flashing advertising banners, as well as extraneous sounds or videos. In addition, website pages will load faster because all excess content is disabled.
What is the bad method of built-in browser capabilities?
This method, despite its simplicity and convenience, has a very significant (and for many critical) disadvantage. By disabling advertising in this way, you won’t be able to see the images you need, as well as watch videos in Yandex.Browser. Therefore, it should be used only in extreme cases and only to "true minimalists."
Using plugins to combat advertising in Yandex.Browser
If the first method we examined turned out to be too categorical for you, do not despair. The second option on how to disable ads in Yandex.Browser is more suitable. We are talking about special plugins. There are several varieties of them, but we will focus on the most commonly used.
The first option is to install the Flash Block plugin
Let's start with an add-on called Flash Block. How does she work? Very simple. You only need to install this application on your computer and run it, the rest will be done by the plugin itself. When the browser starts, it will be able to disable advertising in Yandex completely, blocking all flash content on the pages of downloaded sites. Using the Flash Block program, you isolate yourself from all kinds of commercials, constantly pop-ups and flickering banners.
Notes on the operation of the extension
There is also a drawback in this case: most likely, various browser games will become inaccessible to you - they simply will stop working. You can solve this problem: after installing the plugin, you need to make some settings. For certain sites, you can enable flash downloads if you really need it. This way you will get rid of unnecessary advertising content, but retain the ability to view interesting videos / images and run games.
The second option is a "veteran" among Adblock Plus plugins
It's time to move on to one of the most popular and really useful add-ons - the Adblock Plus plugin. This software was developed quite a long time ago, in 2002, when the RuNet was in its infancy, but it still does not lose its relevance (in the improved version, of course) to this day. Adblock Plus add-on allows you to get rid of absolutely all the ads that can overtake us on the World Wide Web: these are not only banners, videos and pop-ups, but also contextual advertising, as well as its other types.
Features of the plugin
So, how to disable ads in Yandex.Browser using this application? First of all, you need to install it on your computer. You can download it on the official website, where you will need to select the extension for the browser you are using - in our case, this is Yandex. It should be noted that the plug-in requires special filters - today they are, as a rule, already built into the software by default. This is the standard Easy List filter, usually it is enough to use only it. If necessary, you can download additional filters containing a series of requests for displaying advertising content.
After Adblock Plus is installed, you must select the filter that we will use to block ads in the Yandex.Browser. Using the existing settings, you can only disable ads that seem unnecessary and too intrusive, while leaving useful blocks. If you notice a banner or image that is interfering with viewing a web page, right-click on it and select the "Block Image" action. Now, in the place where the ad unit was previously located, there will be an empty space. The plugin works very well - in most cases, you won’t even realize that advertising content was previously located on some part of the web page.
Features and Benefits of the Adblock Plus Add-in
The Adblock Plus extension allows you to create lists of sites yourself, adding them to a black or white sheet as you wish. At the moment of blocking the advertising message in the address bar of the browser, you will see the corresponding icon with which you can prevent the blocked content from displaying permanently or allow it on this site. Of course, using this add-on will make browsing the Internet faster and more enjoyable than when the browser pops up ads and distracts attention from the useful content of the web page.
Modern anti-ad product - Adguard
I would like to talk about another modern program to block ads on Yandex. It is universal and very convenient if you use several different browsers at the same time (FireFox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer). The extension is called Adguard - it helps to easily and effectively deal with all types of advertising, focusing on its most common types in Runet. These are not only banners, video and text blocks, but also rich media, and many others - its latest and most sophisticated types.
Adguard Extension Features
The application works efficiently, all operations are performed in the background, which means that they do not distract the user from his Internet activities. There is also a special browser module that allows you to configure the blocking manually (directly at the time of using the browser). The built-in filter offers to independently adjust the parameters of the Adguard plug-in. Another undoubted plus that is important for all owners of a 3G modem is significant traffic savings. The application interface is multilingual, including support for the Russian version of the program. In general, Adguard is a worthy alternative to the beloved and popular Adblock.
Which of the following methods to disable advertising to choose?
Thus, we examined several effective and fairly simple ways of how to save yourself from intrusive advertising on the Internet and make browsing the web more pleasant and faster. The easiest way if the advertisement in Yandex.Browser constantly pops up is to adjust the internal settings. However, it is less convenient for the main category of users and not as flexible as everyone else (since together with advertising it makes it impossible to view useful content). The most effective and applicable in modern realities for most users is the method of installing a special plug-in. Here the choice depends on personal preferences. Our advice is to use the Adblock Plus extension that has proven itself over the years, or try out the new but well-implemented Adguard plugin. The advantages of these extensions are obvious: the ability to select content to display, including useful ad units, and manual blocking of intrusive ads.
Why advertising is not always evil, or When advertising content is not worth blocking
Before finishing the article, I would like to add a few words about the situation when, when you open the browser, an ad opens that is so boring, but firmly embedded in our lives. Each has a number of sites on which he regularly and from time to time visits for one reason or another. It can be training or even performing some kind of work, storing information, watching videos or other entertainment and so on. As you know, most sites work and "live" mainly through advertising. Advertisers post their information on their platform, for which the site receives a certain fee. By disabling ad serving, you are depriving your favorite web resource of the opportunity to make money. One fine (or not so) day, it can simply close ... Agree, an unpleasant situation. Do you want this? Therefore, before you turn off advertising in Yandex.Browser, think about where it really interferes, and where you can simply not pay attention to it. This is where the plugins presented above will help you. Conscious selection of content is the most rational choice of a modern user!