First, enable InPrivate Filtering by using Safety | InPrivate Filtering Settings and select Automatically Block. Click OK.
Next, add a Registry setting to enable InPrivate Filtering by default with the goal of not having to turn it on every time you start IE8. In Notepad, create a text file with the following content:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSafetyPrivacIE]
"StartMode" = dword: 00000001
Save this file to the desktop as "FilterOn.reg"; then right-click it and select Merge .
Next, search for files called Adblock for IE8.zip or EasyListIE8.zip or search for the string "ie8 adblock xml list". You will find links to download XML files converted from recent filter lists created for Firefox's AdBlock Plus. Download one of those XML files to your desktop - you can use multiple downloads without problems - and look at the files in Notepad to make sure they are standard text files rather than Dangerous executable programs (scan them with advance antivirus software to ensure safety). In IE8, go to Tools | Manage Add-Ons, and click InPrivate Filtering. Click the Import button, navigate to the downloaded XML file and click Open. IE8 will take a few seconds to process the list. Click Close. Now you can visit any site that has many ads and will see its effectiveness.
7. Features Suggested Sites
IE8's Suggested Sites feature provides you with links that relate to your concerns, which are taken based on the browsing note. When you enable this feature, use Tools | Suggested Sites, IE8 will send a list of addresses you visit to Microsoft and Microsoft will send back a list of suggestions. You can view the suggestions by clicking the Favorites toolbar and selecting See Suggested Sites.
8. Custom toolbar
Every Windows user knows the 'right-click everywhere' routine. When you right-click in the toolbar in IE8, you will see options that can make the browser interface and work the way you want, not the only way Microsoft provides it. For example, right-click on the Favorites toolbar, select Customize Title Widths, and switch from the default Long Titles setting to Short Titles, then the browser will display only the first few characters for the name of each link in Favorites.
The top Menu item and the new Command (right on the main window) will duplicate these functions. Right-click on the menu area, uncheck one of the items you see to see if you can use it without it. If you turn off Menu Bar, you can still access its commands by pressing shortcuts to open items on the top menu: Alt-F for File, Alt-E for Edit, Alt-V for View — or Alt leave the menu Bar.
9. Explore the status bar
You should explore the menu feature of IE to find more features needed. Besides, click on other locations on the status bar below the window for quick access to some hard-to-find controls. You have to explore for yourself because there are many square areas in the status bar that are not labeled. However, you will find that a click in the area will bring up a menu that allows you to enable or disable the pop-up blocker, and clicking on another area will allow you to check whether the website is suspicious or not, see Does Microsoft mark it as a safe website? Other areas in the status bar allow you to access the Quick Zoom feature, or check and change the status of InPrivate Filtering.