How to block annoying ads in the new AT&T/Yahoo Mail and other websites

Filed under: Computing Tips - Jun 27 2014

Update June 2020: While there are hundreds of available “ad blocker” extensions that can be added to Chrome or other web browsers, they have become increasingly ineffective as more websites can detect when an ad blocker is being used. An example is Yahoo Mail which has recently been notifying users of ad blockers that they can either UNblock ads, pay to go ad-free, or downgrade to an older version of Yahoo web mail.

A 4th option is our recommendation to switch away from using AT&T/Yahoo Mail. Original article below…

With the latest changes to AT&T/Yahoo Mail, annoying ads have been added to the webpage. This article explains how you can block ads in webmail and other websites.

Our favorite method to block annoying ads on websites is to install the browser extension Adblock Plus. Several different versions of the extension are available for different browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari.

Once the browser extension is installed, very little configuration is necessary to start blocking ads in AT&T/Yahoo webmail.

If you need help installing or configuring Adblock Plus, contact us and we can take care of it remotely or on-site.

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