Ad blocking tab

Click the numbers to learn about specific controls, or read an introduction. To reach this tab: 1. Go to Privacy / Main tab. 2. Under Ad Blocking, click the Custom button. To customize a specific site: 1. Go to Privacy / Site List tab 2. Select the site you want to customize 3. Click the Options button.

Ad blocking tab

Use this tab to

• Choose what types of ads to block
• Choose what to do with the screen space in which a blocked ad was to be displayed

Note This tab appears in both the Site Options dialog box (for customizing a particular site) , and in the Custom Privacy Settings dialog box (for customizing defaults).

Ads to Block

These controls let you choose which specific types of advertisements you want to block or allow.

If you choose to block banner ads and skyscraper ads:

• Choose Always to have those ads blocked in all cases
• Choose Performance to have them blocked only when the ads to not load within the amount of time specified in the counter. You can set the counter to any value from 1 to 99 seconds.

If you choose to block pop-up ads and pop-under ads, or animated ads, those advertisements are blocked in all cases, since they do not affect the speed at which Web pages load.

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Ad Void Control

When ZoneAlarm Pro blocks banner, skyscraper, or animated ad, it leaves a "void" or blank on your screen where the ad was to be displayed. Ad void control lets you specify what will be displayed in that space:

• Nothing
• A box displaying the text [AD]
• A box you can mouse over to get the ad to appear

By default, ZoneAlarm Pro displays a box with the words "blocked ad", so that you are aware of what is happening.

Note: These options take effect only when the main Ad Blocking control (in the Main tab of the Privacy panel) is set to High.

 

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Using Privacy Advisor

Glossary

Privacy Advisor
A small display that shows you when ZoneAlarm Pro blocks cookies or mobile code, and enables you to un-block those elements for a particular page.

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banner ad
An ad that appears in a horizontal banner across a Web page.

skyscraper ad
An ad that appears in a vertical column along the side of a Web page.

pop-up ad
An ad that appears in a new browser window that 'pops up' in front of the window you're looking at.

pop-under ad
An ad that appears in a new browser window that opens under the window you're looking at, so you don't see the ad until you close the original browser window.

 

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animated ad
An advertisement that incorporates moving images.