Ad Muncher 4.81 Build 31376 Final

Rated 50/50 by skapig at Mar 13, 2008

Only gets better. I've been a very happy customer for a few years. Admittedly I don't buy much software, but this is one that I'm very proud to support. It does the job better than the rest with support that is far superior (you get what you pay for). Especially useful if you move between browsers. So light on resources, too. AdBlock Plus has gotten better with time, but is slower and has never been as good at cleaning up the pages to make them seamless. Plus there's the obvious point that it only works in a Mozilla environment. Browser integration of AdMuncher has improved greatly in 4.7 for contextual adding of custom filters. Even in Opera. Not perfect, but not bad either. Gets used every day and improves my browsing experience significantly. Well worth the price.

Rated 50/50 by rcadams at Mar 13, 2008

I think many of us forget the nature of this software. It's designed to remove ads from websites, That being said, it's a on-going program. Every day websites get changes, that is a fact. If a website stop working, it's not due to AM, it's because new code has been put on website, and AM needs to be updated. BUT the good news is those updates comes within 24 hours if not less. So I have to say that when you support this program, you are basicly hiring someone to work 24/7 on our websites. So thank you very much.. PS. Just ignore Metshrine, and others who complain when they have no idea what really goes into a huge project like this!

Rated 50/50 by minklein at Mar 14, 2008

I have beeen a user of this program for years, It is the absolute best add blocker available, and I have tried many. 25 bucks, for a lifetime of updates, that is dirt cheap. Thank you Murry, for all your hard work developing Ad Muncher. There might be a need for 64 bit version? IE7 64 bit would be nice if Ad Muncher would work with it.

Rated 20/50 by ballyhairs at Mar 14, 2008

No need for it no more, it was useful before Firefox appeared with Adblock add on, now all you get from this software is getting your memory to be used in the background for nothing, spend money for nothing and slow down your internet connection. And for those who say it blocks adds from other programs... like what? Yahoo messenger? MSN? a quick search and you can batch them not to ever show ads. Use Firefox with Adblock add on and your set.

Rated 50/50 by MeanE at Mar 14, 2008

Been using this program for a number of years. Simply the best in ad removal.

Rated 50/50 by 8@ismell.org at Mar 15, 2008

I wrote a bad review in 2005 that maybe I shouldn't have. AM is a great program. Three years ago when I wrote that I stated I was going to look for something better... something I never found. I had what I would call an Ad Muncher disaster last month when I built my new machine. Murry was extremely helpful and really went out of his way to get me back where I was. Great program. The internet would be a different place without it for me.

Rated 50/50 by dwby at Mar 16, 2008

@ballyhairs, If I wanted to use another browser can I use adblock? No. Ad Muncher munches any ads. And those "batches" you are talking about only hide the ads. A while ago MSN/WLM was getting drive by downloads with the ads in the program. The "batches" didn't stop them, but Ad Muncher did. People are different and they want to use any program they feel like. If I wanted to change to another browser I can do so full knowing I can use Ad Muncher with it. If there is an ad it misses or a bug I can get friendly, quick 24/7 support via email, IRC or forum. New ads are most often added in a new list compiled each day. If you don't wish to wait you may request it yourself and add it to your filters. Now, tell me how the adblock for Firefox, which doesn't update every, single day, doesn't block as many ads as Ad Muncher (I would take the pepsi challenge), cannot filter any other program other than Firefox and will not give me support whenever I wanted, is better than Ad Muncher? That being said, you're lucky adblock is free. Because I wouldn't pay a cent for the little things it does. Ad Muncher does SOO much more. Easily worth the multiple licenses I have already paid for :). Metshrine, your whining in here makes me realise why they kicked you from the chatroom in the first place. I am guessing they were in the right and you were causing a ruckus.

Rated 20/50 by Metshrine at Mar 18, 2008

2/5. Good product combined with ungodly long development cycles makes me rate this lower.

Rated 30/50 by comeoffit at Mar 24, 2008

I have used Ad Muncher since 2002 and used to be one of its greatest proponents. Until the past several months, that is. I've been having phenomenally aggravating problems with Ad Muncher and Firefox whereby the latter would refuse to load any page content at all, and a restart would be required. This is really fun when you're in the middle of applying for a job or making a purchase online. I've tried all the betas, including the latest, and the problem won't go away. And no, the problem is not that my system has too many connections going on. I'm really disappointed about this, since I hate Firefox's native pop-up blocking feature, and I don't want to have to use Adblock Plus. But if I have to choose between Ad Muncher and sanity, I've got to go with the latter. Oh--and calling Ad Muncher support "friendly" is a real knee-slapper. The adjective I'd use is "condescending".

Rated 50/50 by Murray Hurps at Mar 25, 2008

comeoffit: can you please contact me (murray-at-admuncher.com) so we can get to the bottom of this, thanks very much.

Rated 40/50 by comeoffit at Apr 9, 2008

Ummm... Diam0nd... I didn't say it could "ONLY be Ad Muncher". And I don't run firewall software, and tested while not running any anti-virus software at all as well.

Rated 50/50 by Zebets at Apr 9, 2008

Works great, I'm using the trial. I have a couple questions though. If I buy this and 5.0 comes out do I have to buy it again, and second I have two PCs in my home on a router. Can I install it on both of them or do they want me to buy two copies?

Rated 50/50 by JeremyGNJ at Apr 9, 2008

Simply Excellent!!! For 2 main reasons. #1. "It just works". I have tried other ad blockers and I know people who use other blockers full time, but there is always some quirk or hurdle to deal with. Never had any such problems with AdMuncher! #2. They do maintain their own list of filters, but I like that! All you have to do is mention it on the message board, and it will usually be out in the next day's filter release (accounting for time-zone of course). Yes, that's right there's a filter update EVERY day.

Rated 50/50 by Change at Apr 9, 2008

It's true that it's not very cheap, but in my case I paid for it 4 years ago and *still* get free updates and support. They've never been "condescending" to me, I've always rated their support highly. One downside is that they have to maintain the blocklist themselves, perhaps it would be nice to have the option to subscribe to multiple lists like AdBlocker. This way you don't have to rely on fixes to their list too much (which were needed for the sites I visited from time to time). If you have problems with Firefox crashing, I would disable the AdMuncher extension since it's not necessary for AdMuncher to function. I've had problems with it too (thought it was back when they first launched it - never tried again).

Rated 50/50 by innerlensus at Apr 9, 2008

Ad Muncher v4.71 Build 28140/1892 I myself bought it a year ago (or less), and it’s on my Xp. All I’m saying, that so far I had no problem what so ever with it, and it does a great job.

Rated 50/50 by Diam0nd at Apr 9, 2008

comeoffit: It's funny how you say that this can ONLY be attributed to Ad Muncher. How come you don't even suggest that it MIGHT be a problem on YOUR side, as in something in your OS or a conflicting problem? It's funny how people ALWASY blame the program first, but usually digging a little bit deeper shows a firewall or an anti-virus messing things up. I personally think AM is great, but overpriced.

Rated 40/50 by the artist at Apr 10, 2008

in Beta state since the Flintstones. Not as relevant as it used to be, now that 'AdBlock Plus' exists for Firefox and 'IEPro' for Internet Explorer. Opera users (as me) can manually do theirs with the integrated "Block content..." option so... ...it should be even cheaper and offer ultra quality to compete with freeware. It is very good indeed anyways.

Rated 20/50 by why hello there at Apr 13, 2008

Lately Ad Muncher has been interfering with SO MANY sites--many of them big-name, popular sites--that I simply can't stand to use it anymore. It sucks to be in the middle of watching a news video, or making an online purchase, then wonder why the site isn't working, only to eventually figure out that Ad Muncher is munching your time rather than just advertisements. I guess this is most likely caused by sloppy default ad-blocking list maintenance, but I wouldn't so much as intimate that to Mr. Wonderful the list maintainer lest I have my head bitten off.

Rated 50/50 by rcadams at Apr 18, 2008

Amazing program. Never knew how I could use the internet without this application. Definition list updates are frequent, Software updates are great, in a timely manor. Current Beta for Vista works just great. Never had a problem.. Well worth the investment in your surfing pleasures. If I could rate higher then 5 I would. A must have for any internet user. Enough said!

Rated 50/50 by pjb at Apr 18, 2008

I have been using this for many years. I have never had any issue with it. Support is fast/prompt. Also between web designers and the developer any little niggles in code are normally rectified. If you don't like Ad's then I would recommend this product.