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Safe Browsing Tips
In addition to a filter there are many other ways to ensure that your web experience is not disturbed by inappropriate images and advertisements.
Here are some suggestions:
Download and install one of the following two browsers: (What's a browser?)
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| Mozilla Firefox.
(more customizable add-ons) |
Google Chrome.
(faster startup and surfing) |
After installation, install the following add-ons by clicking on the links below:
Adblock Plus blocks a preset list of ads, and lets you choose to permanently block ads and images on sites that you frequent.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Flashblock blocks all advertisements that use Flash from displaying until you press a play button.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Image Block makes it easy to turn off and on the images on webpages at will.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox. For Google Chrome this feature is available in the The Ultimate Aye extension below.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox. For Google Chrome this feature is available in the The Ultimate Aye extension below.
Pop-up Blocker: Pop-up ads can be very disturbing. Often the browser's built-in pop-up blocker does not really do the job. By adding pop-up blocker, you can more successfully prevent annoying ads from displaying.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
For more advanced users, we strongly recommend using the "No Scripts" add-on. Aside from protecting you from scripting attacks of all types, this add-on will prevent most ads and pop-ups automatically. For some websites, you will need to click the "Allow" option, in order for the site to display properly. This slight inconvenience is well worth it.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
The Ultimate Aye is an extension that blocks unwanted content such as ads, unwanted image and videos and also protects your computer and your personal data with extra malware filters. The Ultimate Aye does the job of Adblock, Popup Block and Image Block - all in one!
This extension is available Google Chrome only.
This extension is available Google Chrome only.
WOT (Web Of Trust) is an add-on that warns you before you click on a website, whether that site is trusted by the online community. They have ratings of more than 27 million sites, and it is constantly updated by members of the WOT community. This is an invaluable tool for "watching your step" when entering unknown territory on the web.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer as well as other browsers.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer as well as other browsers.
For more advanced users, we strongly recommend using the "No Scripts" add-on. Aside from protecting you from scripting attacks of all types, this add-on will prevent most ads and pop-ups automatically. For some websites, you will need to click the "Allow" option, in order fro the site to display properly. This slight inconvenience is well worth it.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
This extension is available for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Aside from blocking ads and pop-ups, it is essential to protect your email as well. Without strong protection steps, spammers will send you horrific graphical emails. Many people have had to find this out the hard way.
To protect yourself, we suggest signing up for a Gmail account. Gmail has the best spam filter currently available. Any other email addresses that you use can be easily forwarded to Gmail, or "pulled" into Gmail, and will be filtered as well. You can find out how to do that here.
We also strongly advise using a desktop client such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Windows Mail. This prevents you from having to use the Gmail online interface, which has advertisements. It also happens to be easier to use and more convenient.
You must have set Gmail to have "POP enabled". For more info click here.
YouTube is a tremendous mix of appropriate and inappropriate videos. Even if you are only watching a specific video that is "kosher", there will still be on the sides and bottom of the page other videos and comments that are uncensored and often very inappropriate.
We suggest (if it is necessary to watch YouTube video) to use ViewPure. This website allows you to paste the address (URL) of the video and watch the video without all the other stuff.
Please be sure to visit our Filtering page, which contains numerous options for filtering the web.