PrivDog

Ads can be quite annoying, regardless of which websites you visit and some of them may hide serious threats to your system. The most disturbing part is that they are displayed based on your personal browsing habits. If you feel that your privacy is threatened while surfing the web, then you should try PrivDog. It can block ads on any websites, increase your browsing speed and it can also block tracking cookies or other data collection protocols.The best part is that you don't have to make too many configurations to enable these protection measures.

PrivDog is offered free of charge and it is compatible with almost any Windows version. It takes only a few seconds to install the application and you don't have to make any complex settings along the way. The setup wizard will install PrivDog on your web browsers, so you shouldn't bother looking for an executable file when the operation is complete.

Installing PrivDog is sufficient to block ads and protect your privacy. While visiting a website, you will notice a few blank spaces on its pages, where the ads should have been. The application will also add a new button on your browser's interface. Clicking this button will reveal a series of statistics, regarding detected and blocked trackers, widgets, cookies and statistics.

You can reconfigure PrivDog's behavior in a tabbed menu, directly on the web browser. Although it is capable of blocking all ads, the application's main focus is to block potentially harmful ads, while keeping the safe ones. If you have nothing against simple ads, you can let PrivDog deliver safe ads which underwent a thorough reviewing process at AdTrustMedia. Additionally, you can add one or more websites to an exceptions list, if you are certain that their ads are safe.

Another advantage, which is definitely worth mentioning, is the fact that PrivDog can increase your browsing speed. Although it doesn't come with any activation options for this feature, you will notice a significant speed boost while surfing the web, due to the smaller number of ads and cookies.