Tools
Internet Options
Programs tab
Manage Add-ons button
Then highlight ‘Shockwave Flash Object’
Change it from Enable to Disable

A few have asked about the other ads.
For the ‘floating ads’ you’ll need an ad blocking program.

When something irritating floats onto your screen, right click it and click properties. That will give you the URL of the beast, see the samples below. The questionmarket URL is the survey triangle thingy that constantly floats across the screen.

www.amch.questionmarket.com\static\blah\blah
www.i.ivillage.com\design\blah\blah.gif

Add those sites to your list of advertisers, then in ‘what to block’, include the first directory in the URL. In the first URL above you would block \static\.

Sample

I’m now ad free and I think I like it. Of course, other ads will come along eventually so you’ll have to block new ones as they appear.

Nice work man.

Bob