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I have several ad blockers on my PCs. In recent weeks, I started to get an invasive "we know you're not here for the ads" pop up from DeviantArt pretty much begging to be put on my ad blocker whitelist. Yes, I understand that the ads help to support the site, a site that I quite like, but...
DeviantArt is the reason I have several layers of ad blockers IN THE FIRST PLACE. Not long after I joined in 2011, my PCs, both my laptop AND my desktop got the worst virus I had ever encountered in my life. I tried to figure out where I had gotten it because I don't really go around to "questionable" sites, except once in a great while on my laptop (truth be told usually by mistake looking for reference photos), but absolutely never on my fancy desktop PC that I use for art and has my important personal files. Well, the only thing to help either system was a full factory restore, and after that was done, by sheer coincidence, other DeviantArt members were talking about the same horrific computer virus. It was embedded in an ad.
So, screw you, DeviantArt and your gigantic orange colored plea for my ad revenue. Unless you're going to send a representative to my house to factory restore and then painstakingly reinstall all of my programs and personal files, I simply cannot trust that you have my back on this.
DeviantArt is the reason I have several layers of ad blockers IN THE FIRST PLACE. Not long after I joined in 2011, my PCs, both my laptop AND my desktop got the worst virus I had ever encountered in my life. I tried to figure out where I had gotten it because I don't really go around to "questionable" sites, except once in a great while on my laptop (truth be told usually by mistake looking for reference photos), but absolutely never on my fancy desktop PC that I use for art and has my important personal files. Well, the only thing to help either system was a full factory restore, and after that was done, by sheer coincidence, other DeviantArt members were talking about the same horrific computer virus. It was embedded in an ad.
So, screw you, DeviantArt and your gigantic orange colored plea for my ad revenue. Unless you're going to send a representative to my house to factory restore and then painstakingly reinstall all of my programs and personal files, I simply cannot trust that you have my back on this.
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Art program
Well, I think it's time I get a new art program.
I am currently using Adobe Photoshop 7, which was created by the ancient Egyptians. The last few times I have used it, it started acting weird. The first thing to go was copying layers. If I try to copy a layer, the program will just freeze. I will have to open task manager to shut the program down. I thought, okay, I can work around this. Then this week the same freeze happened when modifying colors with the color picker. That will not do.
I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, but it did not help. I really think it may be in its death throws.
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Element Hiding Helper will do the job blocking specific elements like text windows and pictures. Also, the forum page may have filter rules you can copy and paste and add to your filter list to whatever site you have issues with.
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