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blocking frame-warts and button pox from the browser

1. Install the software of your choice to do the following:

manipulate the DOM of a loaded page. (if you don't know what the DOM is, you don't need to know a lot about it to do what I am suggesting)

I loaded Firebug and every time I see a wart or pox-button on any page (especially the kind that don't go away or that stick to the browser frame) I do an 'inspect element' using the Firebug extensions.

2. When you see the element that is the offending one, delete it within Firebug (or whatever DOM manipulator that you choose to use). That way you can see if you have really found the correct div or frame that you need to black-list.

3. Using adblocker software blacklist the URL of the offending div or frame (if there is anything loaded you will see it in the code).

Usually there is along string of things such as:

http:// some site name.com/stuff that looks like jibberish but loads whatever it is that they are trying to load

you take the part that is

http:// some site name.com/

and delete the jibberish part. put a star wildcard at end of the URL to block everything from that URL.

4. Do a test by reloading the page to see if the adblock is working. If it is doing the trick the annoying frame-warts and pox-buttons will be removed!

Your browser will run quicker! You won't be plauged by mal-ware javascript insertions from ad sites (not accusing a reputible company of putting bad-code out there but . . . we all know that . . . uuh. . . stuff . . . happens.

Using top from a command shell I was able to verify that CPU processor time of the firefox process returned to a reasonable level.

It should be a design rule that an element doesn't stick to the frame of the browser. If they ever do I find the div and delete it with Firebug. Then I use the adblock, with the URL of the offending div or frame and that annoyance if firewalled away.

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