Blocking hover ads

"In Firefox I have a filter in Adblock plus of *.intellitxt.*

This seems to block them (or it blocks enough so that I have not noticed them)."

"I recently discovered that in addition to blocking regular ads, uBlock can also
block scripts that cause some hover ads. I was able to remove NoScript and now
use uBlock for both.

You just need to turn on blocking for 3rd-party scripts. After that some sites
might break, NoScript users will be familiar with this. However you can easily
whitelist sites by adding them to the My rules tab:

* youtube.com * noop

Blocking mode: medium mode"

"You can try and use Remove It Permanently plugin for FireFox.

Once you have it installed, right-click on the element that produces a hover-on based ad and run your mouse to the ""Remove It Permanently"" command in the FireFox context menu. The element in question will have a red blinking dashed line around it. Click on the command and the element in question is gone. So is the hover-on ad.

I actually had a similar question in here: Disabling drop down menus on websites"

"Ghostery

These days i'm not even running adblock plus anymore. Ghostery, setup to block everything it knows about is all i need. I can't remember the last time i've seen a hover ad.

It's actually more famous for privacy protection, but since tracking and advertising go together it ends up being a really good ad blocker as well. Browsing is so fast with all the unnecessary scripts weeded out, a real treat. This extension is a gem !"

"You can use a HOSTS file to block ads, banners, 3rd party Cookies, 3rd party page counters, web bugs, and even most hijackers. This is accomplished by blocking the connection(s) that supplies these little gems. Windows automatically looks for the existence of a HOSTS file and if found, checks the HOSTS file first for entries to the web page you just requested. The 0.0.0.0 (prefix) is considered the location of your computer, so when an entry listed in the MVPS HOSTS file is requested on a page you are viewing, your computer thinks 0.0.0.0 is the location of the file. When this file is not located it skips onto the next file and thus the ad server is blocked from loading the banner, Cookie, or some unscrupulous ActiveX, or javascript file.

you can grab hosts from here: these guys prepare list of domains with most annoying ads, you add to your hosts file redirecting them to 0.0.0.0 . It also speeds up your overall surfing and avoid tracking. File is updated around 3 times per month."