AdScraper 0.0.1.5

3.6 out of 5 stars 3.6 (11 votes)

(January 15, 2007)

Windows (All) / Freeware / 473 downloads

AdScraper is a freeware lightweight ad-blocking application preconfigured with a dynamic ad blocking list feed. Download and install it in seconds and start enjoying an ad-free browsing today.

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  1. 4 out of 5 stars
    timk

    Reviewing 0.0.1.5 (Jan 16, 2007)

    It works well for me, it just does not seem as tweakable as Admuncher.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    Dreimanis

    Reviewing 0.0.1.5 (Jan 16, 2007)

    three stars for not collapsing blocked elements. this is what opera's content blocker lacks too.

  3. 2 out of 5 stars
    c4p0ne

    Reviewing 0.0.1.5 (Jan 16, 2007)

    Probably because FireFox has Ad-Block Plus, which is the best ever.

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    [deXter]

    Reviewing 0.0.1.5 (Jan 16, 2007)

    Not bad for a free app. Not bad at all. However, it is inevitable that this program will be compared against similar ones on the web. So here goes the cons:

    - Browsers other than IE need to be manually configured to work with AdScraper

    - Manual proxy based setup means it won't work for all apps (as opposed to a hook/winsock based approach)

    - Leaves large gaps in webpages where the Ads were supposed to be, as seen in http://adscraper.com/img/adscraper_after.gif (other commercial Ad Blockers don't leave any traces)

    However, the plus points would be the automatic filter updates, and the whole install-and-forget approach. Well, its really install-configure-and-forget. I wonder why the author didn't take the pains to write a few more lines of code to automatically configure other browsers like Opera & Firefox.

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