I remember using the Internet Junkbuster[1] and Privoxy[2] to block ads in the browser long before ABP. The novelty was embedding the functionality directly in

I remember using the Internet Junkbuster[1] and Privoxy[2] to block ads in the browser long before ABP. The novelty was embedding the functionality directly in the browser through the extensions. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/19980210082938/http://internet.junkbuster.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19980210082938/http://internet.j... [2] http://www.privoxy.org/ http://www.privoxy.org/