Ad Muncher 4.81 Build 31376 Final

Rated 50/50 by Diam0nd at Jan 30, 2009

Wow... People here are pretty darn amazing: comparing Ad Muncher with AdBlockPlus, which is a FF-only add-in, is beyond me.

Rated 10/50 by Steff_P at Jan 31, 2009

Another useless update. Still no support for regex, http 1.1, ssl, intelligent cookie filtering/rewriting (all features supported by proxomitron) Still useless/gimmick "daily updates" 1/5

Rated 50/50 by wagner reatto at Jan 31, 2009

the best!

Rated 10/50 by FixXxeR at Feb 18, 2009

Updates no longer work for 4.72 users. We haf to use 4.73 BETA to get them

Rated 30/50 by buellie at Mar 12, 2009

works great EXCEPT...1 website that i regularly go to wont load...I emailed author he refused to believe it would load fine when ad muncher isnt installed...If I re-ghost my machine I can get to that 1 website fine, as soon as I load ad mucher....the site won't load....I tried unchecking every box including default filters and the website wouldn't load, but as soon as i get done re-ghosting this partition...I will get my web site back

Rated 50/50 by FreeSpeech at Mar 16, 2009

Best ad blocker there is! Who cares if its beta? This is one of the most stable programs ever written. Worth every penny.

Rated 10/50 by wat0114 at Mar 16, 2009

FixXxer is right; updates are NOT being made available to 4.72 users! What is up with that anyways!?

Rated 30/50 by jspratjr at Mar 16, 2009

"Updates no longer work for 4.72 users" Good Lord --This version works fine here (as have the previous)-- you're right!! Sorry :-)

Rated 50/50 by skapig at Mar 16, 2009

Still a rock solid, low-footprint app. To me, it's essential. It does a fantastic job of blocking ads and cleaning up pages. Even blocks ads thrown in on Hulu and CBS videos. Works consistantly no matter which browser I decide to use (and with other apps). The developer personally responds to reported issues and tries to work with you to resolve them. One of the very few pieces of software that I'm proud to shell out money to support. On the downside, it has been taking an awfully long time to get some of the new features that people have been clamoring for. Doesn't bother me too much, but we all have our own priorities. If a site doesn't work, usually all that you have to do is just quickly disable it for a quick one-off. Otherwise, you can create an exception. The only one I've encountered that won't work at all with it running is Badongo, which just takes you through an endless loop when you try to download. This is known though.

Rated 50/50 by dwby at Apr 5, 2009

Wow guys. It isn't about refusing to release lists to the previous version. The new beta carries the support needed for the new lists, 4.72 does not. Let me re-iterate what I just said, 4.72 cannot load and use the new lists. In other words, stop moaning and groaning and update to the latest version - you have absolutely nothing to lose! Thank you to the devs for the latest and greatest ad remover program in the world!

Rated 40/50 by RoSmecher at May 27, 2009

it's because 4.72 version got cracked so they made a new version so they don't lose mula...

Rated 50/50 by Lsavagejt at Aug 31, 2009

I've been using ad muncher about 6 months. I started using it to stop banner ads when playing chess on Yahoo. It does that and a lot more useful stuff.

Rated 50/50 by pjb at Aug 31, 2009

Either a dodgy build posted by BN or Ad Muncher haved not got around to updating their page, which seems not likely. 'The specified beta could not be found, possibly because it has been removed from circulation. The latest public beta (Ad Muncher v4.73 Beta Build 30615) is available from here.' Current beta works fine, thus 5 rating. :-) I have been using Ad Muncher for many years now and never had any problems. The developers are most helpfull.

Rated 30/50 by FixXxeR at Sep 7, 2009

Ad Muncher might be a very well written application; however, it has one glaring flaw. It cannot keep up, it's developers that is, with the rapid pace of the modern internet or computing era. 64 bit process support was supposed to make its debut in 4.73 but has yet again been pushed to 4.74. It has been 6 months since the release of 4.72 and we are only now beginning to see beta's of 4.73. There is no roadmap posted anywhere on the products website which details what is planned or what we can expect with each version. There are numerous features which have been promised for several YEARS now. HTTP 1.1 support, gzip support, regex filter support, per-site filter support, USB Portability, the list goes on and on. But hey, at least we have a new popup filtering tab! As of recent, the ONLY way to receive list updates was to use a beta version that has not been posted anywhere but on their IRC channel or via PM on their forums. This beta was one of those releases it would appear. 4.72 users found themselves without any sort of list update or a notification as to the fact that they had to upgrade to beta code in order to continue receiving what they paid for. 30615 was an update released but not pushed through the update system. There was another beta released about a week ago that again was the only way to continue receiving list updates. This version is another one of those releases. If you DO NOT upgrade to this version, which is not being pushed to users who do not have "check for beta versions" checked in the configuration window, you will fail to receive updates which could fix the very site you are having an issue with. I cannot agree with this method of pushing updates as it leaves some users high and dry unless they KNOW to check the contact tab of ad muncher or the web forum. If you are going to require a beta update to continue receiving list updates, SEND OUT AN EMAIL ADVISING YOUR USERS OF THAT! That said, Fusemail's V3 interface still fails

Rated 50/50 by dhry at Sep 7, 2009

This is still the absolute BEST, most comprehensive and most efficiently-coded ad-blocking and privacy application out there. To compare it to Adblock Plus for Firefox is like comparing a Beverly Hills mansion to a freakin BUCKET. This program routes other connections through it - meaning the one program will work with IE, Firefox, your RSS reader (Greatnews, FeedDemon etc), and anything using the IE engine such as Outlook Express, Outlook, PopPeeper etc. Frequent updates. Privacy system allowing you to scan, add, and then reroute all your connections through multiple free proxy servers. Dozens of options, frequently-updated adblock lists, multiple levels of blocking (block entire site, or just particular images or particular directories from a site, or even permanently disable blocking for a site) and extremely mature and stable. Agreeing with a previous reviewer; if you only ever spend $25 on one software package, this one should be it. Very rare that I say this, but if I could assign ten stars to this review instead of five, I would. All this needs is to become freeware - which it was for those lucky Komputer Swiat readers in Poland.

Rated 50/50 by Uriel at Sep 7, 2009

Ad Block Pro is a good freebie, but Ad Muncher does a whole lot more. It blocks web bugs and java applets that spy on you besides ads. I used to get continuous messages from my security suite that google-analytics was fishing for my Visa or telephone information. But these messages have stopped since Ad Muncher was installed. I am running this on a Windows 7 64 bit machine without any problems whatsoever so far. You pay for what you get. If you can't afford Ad Muncher, stick with Ad Block Pro. They both work well, but Ad Muncher will go the extra mile for you by way of privacy.

Rated 50/50 by war593122 at Sep 7, 2009

Still the best!! D Adblock sucks compared to this!!!!!

Rated 50/50 by Cris3 at Sep 7, 2009

Ad Muncher makes Ad Block look like milk toast. Pay the $25 for Ad Muncher and instantly start living a better life. It works straight out of the box without configuration. Updates are daily. Support is responsive if you report an ad it didn't block.

Rated 50/50 by pjb at Sep 7, 2009

Still my preferred choice for ad blocking. Never let me down. Works across all browsers and so much more. Great app, highly recommend it.

Rated 50/50 by shroom at Sep 7, 2009

AdBlock for Firefox ? Sorry, not everyone is a Firefox Fanboy.