Does anyone remember what the internet was like before it was littered with ugly, intrusive advertising on every page?  If you’re tired of banner ads blinking, daring you to click on them, warning you about things you never thought were problems with your computer, there’s hope for you.

As I’ve mentioned before, Firefox is a great alternative to Internet Explorer for browsing the web for a lot of reasons.  One reason it’s becoming so popular is because there’s lots of little "Add-on" programs that work with Firefox.  One of these "add-ons" is called Adblock Plus and it does exactly what the name implies.  It blocks every ad it comes across and it updates it’s list of things to block every time you start Firefox. 

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