Sophos is primarily a security company, not a ad-blocking company. We partner with McAfee for categorization of advertising sites. Problems with that categorization should go to trustedsource.org.
Hell at this point I don't mind blocking all Yahoo Images.
Oh, I know that Sophos is a primarily security company and I fully respect that. I was just checking if my definitions were correct since stuff was getting through. So I didn't want to create pages of block lists that were actually invalid.
One More question: I am currently blocking Remove embedded objects (ActiveX/Java/Flash) in Active Content (the box is checked) however Flash gets through. I presume it's because they are sending it via HTTPS?
In regards to Remove Embedded Objects, I am not sure. I have not tested this feature very much - it is very rarely used because it tends to make sites unusable. Browser-side implementations such as the ones that Barry mention are generally better at doing this because the user can re-enable easily.
Have you looked at browser plugins such as AdBlock+, FlashBlock, and NoScript?
Barry
I haven't tried any of them so far, but will surely give them a try once I am done with useless admuncher. One of my friends who is a developer by profession has asked me to try the software at adguard.com. Could you please be of any help in this matter?
