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Anti-Banner
This section provides information on how Kaspersky can protect you against ad banners on the Internet.
About Anti-Banner
Available only in Kaspersky Standard, Kaspersky Plus, and Kaspersky Premium.
The Anti-Banner component is designed to provide protection against banners while you browse the web. Anti-Banner blocks banners shown on the websites that you visit and in the interface of some applications. Anti-Banner blocks banners from the list of known banners which is embedded in the Kaspersky application databases. You can manage the blocking of banners via the Kaspersky application interface or directly in the browser.
By default, banners are allowed on websites from the list of Kaspersky websites. This list is compiled by Kaspersky experts and includes Kaspersky websites and its partners' websites that host Kaspersky advertisements. You can view this list or disable the use of this list if you consider it necessary to block banners on the websites of Kaspersky and its partners.
The blocked banners counter displays the total number of blocked banners across the entire site depending on how many site pages are open in the browser. If one page is open in the browser, only blocks on this page of the site are counted. If several pages of the same site are open in the browser, the blocked banners on all pages of the site opened in the browser are counted.
Information about the operation of Anti-Banner is available in reports.
The following limitations apply to Anti-Banner:
- If the web page on which the banner is located could not be determined, the Kaspersky application does not block this banner and does not display information about it.
- If the web page on which the banner is located could be determined but could not be matched to any single web page opened in the web browser, the Kaspersky application blocks the banner or allows the banner to be displayed depending on the information that has been determined. The application displays information about the banner in reports but does not include this information in the Anti-Banner statistics displayed in the browser.
- The Anti-Banner statistics displayed in the browser can include banners blocked the previous time the web pages loaded, including banners blocked previously and loaded again.
- The Anti-Banner statistics displayed in the browser do not include banners that were blocked in dynamic content of a page after a website has been loaded.
How to enable the Anti-Banner component
The Anti-Banner component is disabled by default. You can enable it via the Kaspersky application interface or with the help of the Kaspersky Protection extension in your browser.
How to enable Anti-Banner in the Kaspersky application interface
To enable Anti-Banner in the Kaspersky application interface:
- Open the main application window.
- Click
in the lower part of the main window.The Settings window opens.
- Select the Privacy settings section.
- Select the Anti-Banner component.
The Anti-Banner settings window opens.
- Enable the component by clicking the switch in the upper part of the window.
How to enable Anti-Banner in the browser window
To enable Anti-Banner in the browser window:
- Click the
Kaspersky Protection button on the browser toolbar. - In the drop-down menu in the Anti-Banner section, click the Enable button.
After enabling or disabling Anti-Banner, you must reload the web page in the browser for the changes to take effect.
Page topBlocking banners
Anti-Banner blocks website banners from the list of known banners which is embedded in the Kaspersky application databases. If a banner is displayed on a web page even while Anti-Banner is running, this could mean that the banner is not in the list of known banners. You can manually block the display of this banner.
To block a banner, you must add it to the list of blocked banners. You can do this directly on the web page or in the Kaspersky application.
If a banner is on a website from the list of websites with allowed banners, you cannot block the display of this banner.
How to block a banner on a web page
To block a banner on a web page:
- Make sure that the Kaspersky Protection extension is installed and enabled in the browser.
- If Anti-Banner is disabled, enable it:
- Click the Kaspersky Protection button on the browser toolbar.
- In the drop-down menu in the Anti-Banner section, click the Enable button.
- Click the
- Move your mouse cursor over the banner that you want to block, and right-click.
- In the context menu that opens, select Add to Anti-Banner.
The Add blocked banner window opens.
- In the Add blocked banner window, click the Add button.
The banner URL is added to the list of blocked banners.
- Refresh the web page in the browser to stop the banner from showing.
The banner will not be displayed the next time you visit this web page.
How to block a banner in the Kaspersky application:
To block a banner in the Kaspersky application:
- Open the main application window.
- Click in the lower part of the main window.
The Settings window opens.
- Select the Privacy settings section.
- Select the Anti-Banner component.
The Anti-Banner settings window opens.
- Enable Anti-Banner by clicking the switch in the upper part of the window.
- In the Anti-Banner settings window, click the Blocked banners link to open the Blocked banners window.
- In the Blocked banners window, click the Add button.
- In the window that opens, in the Web address mask (URL) field, enter the address or address mask of the banner.
- Specify Active as the status for this banner.
- Click the Add button.
The Kaspersky application will block the specified banner.
Allowing banners
You can allow an individual banner as well as all banners on a website that you specify.
How to allow an individual banner
To allow an individual banner:
- Open the main application window.
- Click in the lower part of the main window.
The Settings window opens.
- Select the Privacy settings section.
- Select the Anti-Banner component.
The Anti-Banner settings window opens.
- Enable Anti-Banner by clicking the switch in the upper part of the window.
- In the Anti-Banner settings window, click the Websites with allowed banners link to open the Websites with allowed banners window.
- In the Websites with allowed banners window, click the Add button.
- In the window that opens, in the Web address mask (URL) field, enter the address or address mask of the banner.
- Select the Active status.
- Click the Add button.
The application will not block the specified banner.
If a banner was added to the list of allowed banners but the banner is inside an ad block whose properties cause it to be blocked by Anti-Banner on a website, the banner will be blocked along with the ad block.
How to allow all banners on a website
To allow all banners on a website:
- Open the main application window.
- Click in the lower part of the main window.
The Settings window opens.
- Select the Privacy settings section.
- Select the Anti-Banner component.
The Anti-Banner settings window opens.
- Enable Anti-Banner by clicking the switch in the upper part of the window.
- In the Anti-Banner settings window, click the Websites with allowed banners link to open the Websites with allowed banners window.
- In the Websites with allowed banners window, click the Add button.
- In the window that opens, in the Website field, enter the URL, for example,
example.com. - Select the Active status.
- Click the Add button.
The website will be added to the list of websites with allowed banners. Kaspersky does not block banners on websites from this list, even if a banner is added to the list of blocked banners.
How to configure Anti-Banner filters
To configure Anti-Banner filters:
- Open the main application window.
- Click in the lower part of the main window.
The Settings window opens.
- Select the Privacy settings section.
- Select the Anti-Banner component.
The Anti-Banner settings window opens.
- Enable Anti-Banner by clicking the switch in the upper part of the window.
- Click the List of filters link to open the List of filters window.
- In the List of filters window, configure the filters as necessary:
- Recommended. This group includes the general filter and language filter corresponding to your region. These filters are enabled by default.
- Thematic. This group includes two filters:
- Social media. Enable this filter if you want to block items such as the Like and Share buttons on websites of social networks.
- Annoyances. Enable this filter if you want to block pop-up messages, windows and other elements that do not belong to the particular website.
- Language-specific. In this group of filters, you can select a language. The application will block banners on websites in the specified language.
How to manage Anti-Banner in the browser
You can manage the Anti-Banner component directly in the browser by using the Kaspersky Protection extension.
The Kaspersky Protection extension lets you perform the following actions:
- Enable and disable the component
- View the statistics for blocked banners
- Go to the Anti-Banner settings window
- View information about whether or not banners are blocked on a website opened in the browser, and manage the display of banners on a website
How to manage the Anti-Banner component via the Kaspersky Protection extension
To manage the Anti-Banner component via the Kaspersky Protection extension:
Click the Kaspersky Protection button on the browser toolbar.
The menu that opens shows information about the operation of the component and the component controls.