Dale,

I don't know if this is in response to you, or purely a coincidence... but Bugbatter just posted on Facebook:

"For the person who was asking about Ghostery. Yes, I use it, and I love it!"

http://spywarehammer.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php/topic,15645.0.html

I believe Ad-Block Plus is good/useful.   I use it when I don't have an avast alternative available:   avast 8 included its own AdBlocker ("Powered by AdBlock Plus").   While no-longer offered in either avast 2014 nor 2015, my add-on seems to have survived these upgrades, and still appears to be functioning.   Perhaps a full, up-to-date Ad-Block Plus might perform even better, but I have no plans to tinker with something that's working.

Ghostery has a good reputation... but I don't use it.  Can't recall now if I tried once and decided not to keep it.   But let's face it, I can't run every program I read about.   I'm happy with my current program status.