Microsoft Starter ads
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Microsoft Starter ads
by greenhatch » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:52 am
Not wishing to be mean to M$ word starter, but is there a way to block out the annoying ad in the starter program please?
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Re: Microsoft Starter ads
by Jeff » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:51 am
Clear the middle list on the Filter targets tab.
Clear your IE cache and start one of the apps with ads from the starter version of office.
See what appears in the middle section and add the processes that make connections.
Repeat.
Now you see what appears in the Retrieved category of the Logs tab.
Start blocking.
Feel free to share this with us so I can add it to the default list.
Clear your IE cache and start one of the apps with ads from the starter version of office.
See what appears in the middle section and add the processes that make connections.
Repeat.
Now you see what appears in the Retrieved category of the Logs tab.
Start blocking.
Feel free to share this with us so I can add it to the default list.
That's not an ad blocker... THIS is an ad blocker.
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My second popup stopper didn't block enough.
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No bovines were harmed in the making of this program.
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My first popup stopper blocked too much.
My second popup stopper didn't block enough.
Ad Muncher was juuuuust right.
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Re: Microsoft Starter ads
by greenhatch » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:52 pm
Haha I'll be honest and my first thought was 'bloody hell I ask for help and he says follow these steps and share the result'. But I'm glad because I've learned something today 
The filter target is +offspon.* which stops the recurring animated ads (but not the initial fixed MS Office ad which is fair enough I reckon).
By the way I also found +streamtransport.* a useful filter target for users familiar with that programme (I don't think it's in AdMuncher's default targets).
The filter target is +offspon.* which stops the recurring animated ads (but not the initial fixed MS Office ad which is fair enough I reckon).By the way I also found +streamtransport.* a useful filter target for users familiar with that programme (I don't think it's in AdMuncher's default targets).
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Re: Microsoft Starter ads
by Jeff » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:35 pm
Those aren't valid entries...
Could you copy and paste them from the left side of the Filter Targets tab?
Also, no other custom entries are needed?
Could you copy and paste them from the left side of the Filter Targets tab?
Also, no other custom entries are needed?
That's not an ad blocker... THIS is an ad blocker.
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No bovines were harmed in the making of this program.
---
My first popup stopper blocked too much.
My second popup stopper didn't block enough.
Ad Muncher was juuuuust right.
---
No bovines were harmed in the making of this program.
---
My first popup stopper blocked too much.
My second popup stopper didn't block enough.
Ad Muncher was juuuuust right.
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Re: Microsoft Starter ads
by greenhatch » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:26 am
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, right?
As requested:
+streamtransport:*
+offspon:*
+cvh:*
+winwordc:*
+offspon:*
I now see my error earlier: the filter target is +offspon:* not +offspon.* oops. I'm afraid my competence stretches no further.
As requested:
+streamtransport:*
+offspon:*
+cvh:*
+winwordc:*
+offspon:*
I now see my error earlier: the filter target is +offspon:* not +offspon.* oops. I'm afraid my competence stretches no further.
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Re: Microsoft Starter ads
by Jeff » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:06 am
What is the cvh entry for?
and is winword needed to block the ads as well?
I want to add the bare minimum required otherwise other problems may arise down the road.
+offspon:*
Is that all I need to block the office starter ads?
and is winword needed to block the ads as well?
I want to add the bare minimum required otherwise other problems may arise down the road.
+offspon:*
Is that all I need to block the office starter ads?
That's not an ad blocker... THIS is an ad blocker.
---
No bovines were harmed in the making of this program.
---
My first popup stopper blocked too much.
My second popup stopper didn't block enough.
Ad Muncher was juuuuust right.
---
No bovines were harmed in the making of this program.
---
My first popup stopper blocked too much.
My second popup stopper didn't block enough.
Ad Muncher was juuuuust right.
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Re: Microsoft Starter ads
by greenhatch » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:41 am
Only the +offspon:* filter was needed to stop the animated ads in my testing, but I am hardly an expert in all this. A fixed M$ Office ad remains which is fine I believe since the app is free. I'd provide a screenprint for you but I can't work out in Windows 7 how to find it in Paint to save as an image. None of the other filters seemed to be needed together or separately to stop the animated ads.
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Re: Microsoft Starter ads
by greenhatch » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:51 am
This is the log entry of the filtered animated ads if it helps:
Default filter match - Block retrieval of URL: /adsadclient31.dll [http://rad.msn.com/adsadclient31.dll?GetAd=&TOPT=1&PG=OSUKWI&AFS=2.5.4322.0&APID=A190900002&LANG=1033&PN=31097]
Default filter match - Block retrieval of URL: /adsadclient31.dll [http://rad.msn.com/adsadclient31.dll?GetAd=&TOPT=1&PG=OSUKWI&AFS=2.5.4322.0&APID=A190900002&LANG=1033&PN=31097]
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