Good way to block adverts?

Radiation

Radiation

Radiation

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Im looking for a good way to block adverts and unwanted site domains, I used to do this with my router but since getting a new one I can't do it like that anymore, I found blocking domains was really efficient and easy so Im hoping there's another way that doesn't require anymore than adding the main domain bit without hundreds of variations which annoying banner ads sites do.

I thought about doing it by one of the plugins for firefox but I don't really know if they're good to use and really I would like something behind the scenes but better than a massive host file because I found out it can't seem to do everything by the domain name.
 
MVPS hosts file blocks a lot of bad sites, but also blocks adverts from some sites.

wouldnt be too hard to just add in the domains you wish to block too, just re-point them to 127.0.0.0
 
firefox

with..

adblock plus
filterset g (its an auto updater for the defenitions)

works awesomly, and can easily add a domain to block or even if an address has "ads" in it,
 
Adblock is incredible. You can set to block sites using a * boolean variable. That way if you find a site serving ads that uses a domain like "blahblah.lalablahlala.com" you can block out anything from that real domain by blocking "*.lalablahlala.com".

It will take you about a week of right clicking ads before you are done seeing them for good but it's worth it. :)
 
Radiation said:
{snip}I thought about doing it by one of the plugins for firefox but I don't really know if they're good to use and really I would like something behind the scenes but better than a massive host file because I found out it can't seem to do everything by the domain name.
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What, Adblock? Excellent piece of Extension/tool. Make sure you also install Adblock Filterset.G Updater. Another program I'd like to recommend you to install is SpywareBlaster!

With all above (+ hardware router, Windows Defender & Firewall), I've forgotten what ads are (using FireFox) :rolleyes:
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Adblock is incredible. You can set to block sites using a * boolean variable. That way if you find a site serving ads that uses a domain like "blahblah.lalablahlala.com" you can block out anything from that real domain by blocking "*.lalablahlala.com".

It will take you about a week of right clicking ads before you are done seeing them for good but it's worth it. :)
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adblock plus is way better!
 
I have been thinking of trying adblock for firefox but I was hoping for a seamless way to do it like I could by the router, tbh Im not bothered about ad banners from the site your visiting I just don't want outgoing connections to ads sites and other rubbish that's why the domain blocking abilities of the router were great, I would use the hosts file in xp and the long list of sites I have to block but its annoying it won't just do the full domain, also this will help for messenger and other things that like to connect to ads sites.
 
hp7909 said:
What, Adblock? Excellent piece of Extension/tool. Make sure you also install Adblock Filterset.G Updater. Another program I'd like to recommend you to install is SpywareBlaster!

With all above (+ hardware router, Windows Defender & Firewall), I've forgotten what ads are (using FireFox) :rolleyes:
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Agreed! The best way to keep Spyware at bay! Spywareblaster in particular is superb!
 
Block them in your HOSTS file. If you do this, when a webpage says "download this ad from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" your computer will go and look for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the HOSTS file and if it sees an entry it will use it rather than going to the Internet and looking for it, saving your bandwidth and not display the ad.

The HOSTS file is part of the TCP/IP system so it should be present in all operating systems, not just Windows. It is located in
"<drive>:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" and looks like this:

Code: 
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1  mp3today.net

Whenever a website wants an ad from "mp3today.net" it will tell it to use 127.0.0.1 instead which is the local machine address.

You can google for hosts files compiled by people who keep them up to date.
 
For host files.. try using Funky Toads Hoster allows you to lock/edit/add/ammend your host file. I myself use the MVPS host file. You can view the host file in text version, coy and paste it to a .txt file then append it to your main host file. I have also added a block address range for google ad's which I can post for you should you wish to go down this route.
 
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