Well then you probably did read these
#1,512,
#1,551
"Adblock is by no means a real security solution."
It is tho.
I use Adblock + uBlock + integrated into browser Ad Blocker + there are lots of security settings build in the browser.
I don't actually know if they stack at all, or make it better or worse

but it's been working so far.
I havent seen an ad or pop-up links in years.
And if a website is actually malicious, your browser just wont let you in or will give you a warning at least.
Ps. Thread will indeed need a clean up