Don't use AdMuncher because it will slow down web surfing and increase the bandwith usage. AdMuncher only supports HTTP 1.0 - it strips out important HTTP headers like gZip compression or keep-alive connections. 15 years ago this might have been OK, but doing this in the last 10 years is plain dumb. Adblocking makes more sense if it is done in the browser directly, like AdblockPlus does.
What? 100,000 people decided it was worthwhile paying for this product, but you feel guilty about taking their money, so now it's free? This is one of the most bizarre things I've read recently!
I don't mind free stuff, but to be honest I don't see why you release it for free. Seems like you had something sustainable going on. One person selling everything he owns to pay 3 persons' salaries don't seem sustainable.
Would this be an optimal scenario to open source it? You could still bundle the install for the "official binary" with other things.
never heard of it. might've been different 15 years ago, but its probably the only choice nowadays with AdblockEdge on Firefox and µBlock on Chrome.
and on that note: how does this differ from them? different block lists? alternative blocking mechanism?
In case anyone is wondering, it works fine on Windows 10 http://i.imgur.com/TIwVPBD.png
Thanks Murray. Glad this went freeware, I will recommend it to friends who have been complaining about ads in non-browser apps since Ad Muncher blocks them system-wide and isn't limited to browsers.
Looking forward to trying v5 when it comes out in the future since it'll have SSL blocking.
Anyone knows how to block popups on pirate bay?
I don't get blocking some ads. What does it hurt to have a basic banner add next to the story you are reading? They took the time, effort, and money to create content you want to read why block it? I understand blocking ads that take over your page but not basic ads.
Zero technical info on the site, weird. But since it also filters out ads in non-browser apps, it should be some sort of proxy. Then how does it handle https'd ads? Self-signed certs and all? Perhaps dwindling supply of http resources and increasing privacy concerns are the reasons why it's "now completely free" :-/
PS. I've been Windows user since 3.11, I am very pro-privacy and I've never even heard of Ad Muncher. Make you what you want from it.