Utterly Mad

Strange, I've had no issues with Adblock Plus. The issue is you pretty much have to be efficient and vigilant about adding stuff to your blocklist.

I got into using adblocking in general due to the same issue, way back in ye olde days I encounter a malicious redirect in an ad on DA. That the same event prompted me to switch from AVG Free should tell you plenty enough about how much fun I had. :V