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Iguleder

Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 2031 Location: Israel, somewhere in the beautiful desert
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Posted: Mon 02 Aug 2010, 04:07 Post subject:
[HowTo] Block ads on all browsers Subject description: The easiest way to block all ads |
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This is the easiest and most efficient method to block all ads for all browsers. Your browser won't even download the ads, so you save time, nerves and bandwidth.
The trick is simple, it redirects the addresses of ad services to your own computer's address.
1) Go to http://pgl.yoyo.org/as
2) Select “host --in hosts file format” and click “go”.
3) Select all the lines that begin with 127.0.0.1.
4) Open /etc/hosts with a text editor and paste them after the file’s current content.
5) Reboot.
Two notes:
- If you find any other site with ads, add it to the list.
- Update the ad sites list once in a while. Just delete all the lines you pasted last time and put the new ones.
Cheers
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chrome307

Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 713
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Posted: Mon 02 Aug 2010, 07:09 Post subject:
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Thanks for sharing this tip
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don922
Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 429 Location: Nong Yai Buah
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Posted: Tue 03 Aug 2010, 04:41 Post subject:
How did you make the 1st post in this thread? |
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I have made the addition to /ect/hosts that you described above. It seems to be working -- Thank You.
How did you make the first post in this thread, ie., where the graphics are part of the original post; not part of an attachment.
This makes a much nicer and more understandable presentation.
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue 03 Aug 2010, 11:57 Post subject:
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Hello don922
don922 wrote: | How did you make the first post in this thread, ie., where the graphics are part of the original post; not part of an attachment.
This makes a much nicer and more understandable presentation. |
If you are logged in (on the forum), click on the Quote button in Iguleder's post,
and you will see how it is done.
Basically all you do is,
upload your images somewhere (tinypic.com in Iguleder's case),
then, using the links provided when you uploaded your images, insert them in the appropriate place in your post.
CatDude
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sc0ttman

Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2572 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue 03 Aug 2010, 12:42 Post subject:
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Could I take the lists of addresses in PeerBlock and add them (in the correct format of course) to the host file?
That would be lovely, don't know why it never occured to me before..
But maybe someone else does, so thought I'd just ask..
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chrismt

Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Posts: 255
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Posted: Tue 03 Aug 2010, 16:29 Post subject:
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@ Iguleder
These hosts are updated frequently and there are a lot of hosts which not only block ads but also malware
Like
Cameleon
* Site: http://sysctl.org/cameleon/
* Source: http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts
hpHosts
* Site: http://www.hosts-file.net/
* Source: http://support.it-mate.co.uk/downloads/hphosts.zip
* Mirror: http://hphosts.gt500.org/hosts.zip
hpHosts (Ad and tracking servers only)
* Source: http://www.hosts-file.net/ad_servers.asp
* Mirror: http://updates.it-mate.co.uk/hphosts/ad_servers.asp
hpHosts (Partial)
* Source: http://www.hosts-file.net/hphosts-partial.asp
* Updated: Frequently
* Mirror: http://updates.it-mate.co.uk/updates.asp
MVPS Hosts
* Site: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
* Source: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
I wish someone create a small tool which does this automatically and checks for updates every time I launch that app
It would be time consuming to update these hosts by hand
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Shel
Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 Location: Seattle, WA, USA, or Southern France
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Posted: Tue 03 Aug 2010, 17:20 Post subject:
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Absolutely the best way to do this sort of blocking is to run your own DNS server and have the updates applied automatically to the appropriate zone files by a script run by a cron job. As far as machines on your LAN are concerned, you become the "authoritative" DNS server for all those advertisingh/malware domains, and you can redirect all attempts to contact them to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 or even your own webserver.
This has the additional advantage of making the updated information available automatically and transparently to any machine on your network.
-Shel
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Ibidem
Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 553 Location: State of Jefferson
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Posted: Thu 02 Dec 2010, 01:29 Post subject:
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I advise you to make sure that the file saves as text:
Code: | wget \
http://pgl.yoyo.org/as/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&startdate[day]=&startdate[month]=&startdate[year]=&mimetype=plaintext
file serverlist.ph*
#if text, just copy to /etc/hosts:
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I break so noone copies too much:
Code: | #IF NOT HTML:
cat serverlist.ph*|grep ^127\\.0\\.0\\.1>>/etc/hosts |
Basically, I just checked the "plain text" box and copied the URL.
Grep sorts out all lines beginning (^) with 127.0.0.1 (\\. is a literal period, as . or \. matches any character); this is appended to /etc/hosts.
NOTE that this hasn't been tried!
Same method might work with others.
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don922
Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 429 Location: Nong Yai Buah
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Posted: Tue 15 Mar 2011, 08:57 Post subject:
Doesn't seem to work in Wary 5.0 |
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I have used this method of blocking ads in Puppy 4.0, Puppy 4.12, Puppy 214X and have not had a problem. Seems to work great.
However, I have tried to use it in Wary 5.0 and it doesn't seem to work.
I have used it with firefox browsers either FirePup (firefox 1.5.0.12) or FireFox 3.5.9.
What can I do to make the host file blocking work in Wary?
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shadower_sc
Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Posts: 136 Location: Texas
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Posted: Fri 18 Mar 2011, 13:40 Post subject:
Flashblock Subject description: Flashblock blocks Flash and allows for easy play of useful items. |
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I use the Firefox Add-On Flashblock. It blocks all Flash content from playing and gives you a nice little Flash icon to click on, if you need to play the item. This way I skip all the Flash Ads. You can also add a site to the Flashblock Whitelist, if you do not want it to block Flash on that site. I think you have to restart Firefox for the changes to the Whitelist to take effect.
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Bernie_by_the_Sea

Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 329
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Posted: Fri 18 Mar 2011, 17:11 Post subject:
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Mostly I use SeaMonkey with the Firefox/SeaMonkey addon called Prefbar. With a mouse click you can individually disable flash, animation, JavaScript and/or images. It also has a easy UserAgent changer for those sites that insist on IE. I also use AdBlock Plus that works quite well.
I use a DNS service that “censors” malware and other harmful sites. Right now I'm using the free version of OpenDNS, but there are dozens of others. To use OpenDNS just change your DNS to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. This works with all browsers.
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nooby
Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 10548 Location: SwedenEurope
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Posted: Fri 18 Mar 2011, 17:35 Post subject:
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Crazy question. (Edit: Ooops forgot to thank Iguleder for excellent presentation)
Would not the ad firms know if we do such things?
Them getting ravingly mad at us and getting back on us using persistent cookies somethign and sneaking in the backdoor. I mean these people do pay for total access to our buying habits
Sure I tease a bit but I am dead serious too. If they are so nasty that they produce persistent cookies on some 8 to 11 places hard to find on the HDD then they would collect instances of such tricks we do here and them come up with even more nasty circumvention to win the war we escalate on them.
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not an ideal solution though
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Fri 18 Mar 2011, 18:11 Post subject:
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nooby wrote: | Crazy question. (Edit: Ooops forgot to thank Iguleder for excellent presentation)
Would not the ad firms know if we do such things?
Them getting ravingly mad at us and getting back on us using persistent cookies somethign and sneaking in the backdoor. I mean these people do pay for total access to our buying habits
Sure I tease a bit but I am dead serious too. If they are so nasty that they produce persistent cookies on some 8 to 11 places hard to find on the HDD then they would collect instances of such tricks we do here and them come up with even more nasty circumvention to win the war we escalate on them. | they want consumers that are interested in their commercial product, so some may actually be thankful depending on how the ad revenues are set up besides we are less than 1% of the market share ... sometimes its nice to be invisible. also it would cost them $ to change strategies, while all we would need to do is add another line to a text file (for free)
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Bernie_by_the_Sea

Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 329
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Posted: Fri 18 Mar 2011, 20:44 Post subject:
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technosaurus wrote: |
they want consumers that are interested in their commercial product, so some may actually be thankful depending on how the ad revenues are set up besides we are less than 1% of the market share ... sometimes its nice to be invisible. also it would cost them $ to change strategies, while all we would need to do is add another line to a text file (for free) |
It's not just Linux -- I blocked ads and most cookies for years in Windows. Adblock is available for Firefox (PC) and Safari (Mac) plus Opera has its own ad blocking extension. I imagine the majority of web surfers block ads. Advertisers know that 99% of viewers don’t look at their ads but to make money they only need one out of a hundred thousand to take the bait and click.
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Luluc

Joined: 16 Mar 2011 Posts: 200
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Posted: Sat 19 Mar 2011, 01:43 Post subject:
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I always handled that problem with Privoxy. Is there a Puppy package for Privoxy? But anyway, the hosts file tweak is a good option too.
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