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I don't mind ads, banners and the like.

What I do mind is the fact that almost all the ads I see recently are ads for Mackeeper. Popups, banners, it's everywhere.

Am I the only one that has this problem?

I've recently installed AdBlock 2.5.13 to take care of the popups, yet the banners remain.

These banners state stuff as: "is your Mac slow? Use mackeeper to make it 21% faster!" I'm really getting frustrated, because:

  1. my Mac is lightning fast,
  2. I've tried Mackeeper on my friend's Mac, and it really is a textbook example of a bad Mac citizen. I really dislike the app (just an opinion).
  3. I'm not going to buy an app to make my Mac faster, because I know there is no such thing.

Perhaps this is a google ads problem?

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Which "adblocker", specifically, are you using, and on which Web browser? – Wheat Williams Feb 6 '12 at 21:38
AdBlock 2.5.13 on safari. – romeovs Feb 6 '12 at 21:43
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Mackeeper ads must be the most annoying in recent times. Do they really get more business that way? – lhf Sep 12 '12 at 23:36

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Do you understand how to use the customization features in AdBlock to detect a specific ad and configure AdBlock to block it?

Here are the AdBlock instructions.

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no I didn't! I'm checking it out now! – romeovs Feb 6 '12 at 22:03

they probably "target" you and you can remove it easily remove it form here https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/ (hit the opt out link)

and here http://www.networkadvertising.org/ (click the opt out red button)

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The opt out didn't work. That annoying MacKeeper ad just keeps coming and coming. – Rex P. Jan 13 at 15:59

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