How to Stop autoplaying Ads, Video and Media in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer

How to Stop autoplaying Ads, Video and Media in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer

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This article focuses on how to Disable auto playing adverts and videos in Chrome, Firefox and IE.

What to do if you're fed up with adverts playing as soon as you open a web page. Here we show you how to stop videos and media from auto-playing when you open a website in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Recently there has been a big increase in websites that host autoplaying video adverts, this can be incredibly annoying if you're listening to music on your computer while browsing the web. Here we show you how to stop videos and media from autoplaying when you open a web page in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Autoplaying video, or media adverts is main source of income for most of the entry level bloggers. And is what ultimately funds the production of the content you wish to read. .

How to stop autoplaying ads, videos and media in Chrome

Disabling autoplay videos and media in Chrome is simple. First of all you need to type "chrome://chrome/settings/content" into the URL bar. Then all you need to do is scroll down to the plug-in section, and select 'click to play'.

How to stop autoplaying ads, videos and media in Firefox

Disabling ads/videos in Firefox is a little different from the process in Chrome. The first suggested way to stop Flash content from playing is to enter Firefox's configuration settings by typing "about:config" into the URL bar, accepting the warning, then entering "plugins.click_to_play" into the search box and toggling the settings. However, we experienced limited success with this method.

If this technique doesn't work for you, we suggest downloading the add-on Flash Block.

To install this all you need to do is Google search "Flash Block Firefox" and install/enable the add-on, and then restart Firefox. Make sure you download from a reputable source. All Flash content will now be click to play, until you disable or remove the add-on.

How to stop autoplaying ads, videos and media in Internet Explorer

Stopping videos, Flash media and autoplaying adverts in Internet Explorer is the easiest the three. Simply go to Tools, Safety and then click on the ActiveX Filtering option. This will then put a tick next to the option, indicating that filtering is enabled.

I hope you will benefit from this article. If enough people block them, then perhaps the websites will get the picture and tell the advertisers to STOP using autoplay videos. If they let the advertisers know that their "auto-load videos" aren't making it through, then the advertisers will switch to a more effective form of advertising. That is the nature of marketing.

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Step-by-Step Instructions to Backup Firefox Profile Files And Folder

Step-by-Step Instructions to Backup Firefox Profile Files And Folder

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Firefox stores a user's personal information such as bookmarks, extensions, and user preferences in a unique profile. The first time you start Firefox, it will automatically create a default profile; additional profiles can be created using the Profile Manager. The settings which form a profile are stored in files within a special folder on your computer — this is the profile folder.

Finding the profile folder

The Firefox profile containing your user data and settings is not found in the installation directory but rather in a separate location on your computer. Use the information given below to find your Firefox profile folder.

Using the Help menu - Firefox 3.6 and above

In Firefox 3.6 and above, you can open your profile folder directly from the Firefox Help menu, as follows:

• In the Firefox Button or menu bar, click "Help" and select "Troubleshooting Information". The about:support page will open.
• Under "Application Basics", click on "Open Containing Folder" (Windows and Linux) or "Show in Finder" (Mac OS).

Note: The Firefox menu bar contains the File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools, and Help menu items. On Windows, the menu bar may be hidden. You can press the "Alt" key to temporarily show a hidden menu bar.

Navigating to the profile folder

Profile folders are placed in a common location by default but are named randomly for additional security (e.g., "xxxxxxxx.default" is the profile folder name for the "default" profile, where xxxxxxxx represents a random strung of characters). If you created a new profile and chose a custom location, see Other methods of finding a profile below.

On Windows 2000 and above, and on Linux, the parent folder containing your profile folder is hidden by default and you will need to show hidden files and folders to navigate to the profile folder.

On Windows 2000 and Windows XP, profile folders are in this location, by default:

• C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile folder>

The Application Data folder is a hidden folder; to show hidden folders, open Windows Explorer and choose "Tools → Folder Options → View (tab) → Show hidden files and folders".

On Windows Vista and Windows 7, profile folders are in this location, by default:

• C:\Users\<Windows login/user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile folder>.

The AppData folder is a hidden folder; to show hidden folders, open a Windows Explorer window and choose "Organize → Folder and Search Options → Folder Options → View (tab) → Show hidden files and folders".

On Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7, you can also use this path to find the profile folder, even when it is hidden:

• %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile folder>

%APPDATA% is a variable represents the C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>Application Data folder on Windows 2000/XP and the C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming folder on Windows vista and Windows 7.

To find a profile folder in the default location on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7:

• Press "Windows key + R" to open the Run box
  (or, you can click "Start → Run..." on Windows 2000/XP)
• In the Run box, type in %APPDATA%
• Click OK. A Windows Explorer window will appear.
• In this window, choose Mozilla → Firefox → Profiles.

Each folder in the "Profiles" folder (e.g., "xxxxxxxx.default") is a profile on your computer.

Windows Vista and Windows 7: You can open the Run box to find the profile folder, as explained above, or you can open the Windows Start menu and use the Windows 7 "Search programs and files" box (shown here) or the Windows Vista "Start Search" box, shown below:

1. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar to open the Windows Start menu.
2. In the "Start Search" or "Search programs and files" box, type in:
   • %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
3. Click on any of the profiles (e.g., xxxxxxxx.default) to open it with Windows Explorer.

Files and folders in the profile

None of these files should be write-protected ("read-only" or "locked"), which might be a side effect of backing up the profile to removable media and then restoring your profile from that media. Having read-only or locked files in the profile can result in serious profile issues.

It's not recommended to edit these files directly. Instead, use their respective interfaces. The three files whose names begin with "user" are exceptions to this—they are designed to be edited directly.

Backup:

Now you can backup your files on that location, and move that to any of your other PCs just following these steps.

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Mozilla Firefox Infected With Trojan Horse Add-Ons | Mozilla Warns Users

Mozilla Firefox Infected With Trojan Horse Add-Ons | Mozilla Warns Users

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Mozilla pulled two programs from its Firefox browser add-on site for containing malware. Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer were found to contain Trojan horse code aimed at Windows users.

In a blog post, Mozilla stated that the Master Filer add-on was able to bypass AMO’s security tests.

Mozilla user CatThief discovered the threat, it said. And when Mozilla added two more security checks to its vetting process and rescanned its entire catalog, it discovered that version 4 of the Sothink Web Video Downloader also contained a Trojan horse program. Sothink Web Video Downloader contained Win32.LdPinch.gen, and Master Filer contained Win32.Bifrose.32.Bifrose.

Because the Trojan horse programs are tied to Firefox, Mozilla warns, host computers won’t be infected until Firefox started. Uninstalling either add-on is only part of the solution, if the infection has already attacked the host computer. Mozilla recommends that users who suspect that they are infected use any security applications to sweep and clean their computers after uninstalling the threatening add-on.

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Make Your Firefox Address Bar A Google Search Tool Bar

Make Your Firefox Address Bar A Google Search Tool Bar

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By default, when you type something on your Firefox address bar, the search item will load Google. And in any case, if that has been changed, then here is a Simple fix to get back Firefox to load Google as its address bar search tool..

• Type about:config in Firefox’s address bar.

 

• When you see a message, "This might void your warranty". Click "I will be careful, I Promise!" and continue to the next screen.

• In the Filter box, type keyword.
• You should find a few keyword entries. Make sure that keyword.enabled is set to true.
• Look for keyword.url and right click on it to modify. 

Copy this string value http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= and enter it in the box.

• Restart Firefox.

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Enable Right Click On Websites That Blocks Right Clicking

Enable Right Click On Websites That Blocks Right Clicking

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Many websites nowadays disable the right click function of the mouse button which I think could be very annoying sometimes. This is done so that we can’t steal images, file, video, or any other website’s stuff.

What about if we extremely in a need of the file without any profit-making and other bad intentions? In this post a tutorial is included to teach you how to solve the problem, without having to open the source code of course!

If you use Internet Explorer 6 and 7

• Click Tools - Internet Options
• Click the Security tab.
• Click Custom Level
• Scroll down to the scripting section.
• Set Active Scripting to “disable” (Active scripts are programs written in Javascript)
• Click “Ok”. Restart your internet browser.

Note: This will disable the Javascript from being rendered by your Internet Explorer browser which would mean the right click disabled’s script in the website will not work anymore.

For Mozilla Firefox browser, these are the steps which gave the same effect (maybe be vary depending on the version).

• Go to Tools  - Options
• Click Web Features
• Untick enable JavaScript

Alternatively, you can also use this method to re-enabled the website right click function.

Enter the Javascript code below inside your browser’s address bar.

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Delete Browsing History In One Step

Delete Browsing History In One Step

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Up until Internet explorer 7, deleting various areas of Internet Explorer's history has required multiple steps.... We deleted cookies via one window, history via another, cache via another, password and form data via another.

Internet Explorer 7 introduces a "one stop shop". We are now able to delete Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, History, Form Data and Password from the one window.

As you can see from the screenshot below, we can choose to delete specific information types, or all types at the same time.

Deleting Form data will also delete the Address Bar history (that is, data stored in the registry under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs)

In the past, if Internet Explorer's cache of Temporary Internet Files was very large, we were stuck waiting for what could be an extended period of time for the deletion process to finish, unable to do anything else in Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer 7 allows us to cancel deletion if things are taking too long. But it is recommended that you allow windows to complete its task rather than revoking what we asked windows to do.

Delete Browsing History In One Step In Firefox:

 

Choose Clear Recent History In Firefox

 

Choose Everything From The List. And click clear now.

Job Done!

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