Looking for a good ad blocker...

aa6972 · 3 Jul 2008 at 02:06

My new housemate insist on using this doggy Chinese p2p software namely Xunlei, it slows the internet so much as the ad keep coming up, any good (free) ad blocker suggestion? already made him install spyware blaster & Spybot...

Thanks guys...

asim18 · 3 Jul 2008 at 02:24

....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xunlei

Wikipedia said:
By default it scans the user's computer and automatically shares all files across the Xunlei network, often exhausts the user's upload bandwidth as it does not provide a real upload speed limiter. The user has no means of limiting what to be shared or not to be shared. Coupled with the lack of a hash algorithm, files are only matched by their names and private files can easily be obtained through the network.

Isn't that unbelievably bad?

You might as well ask your housemate to kill you, then kill himself :\

LeperousDust · 3 Jul 2008 at 02:26

Ad's arent really going to slow your internet down much, downloading will :confused:

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For a good ad blocker (which is not what i think you're asking for) use the built in blocker with Opera, or Adblock plus with Fx. These have to be used locally though, you understand? If you're looking for spyware, which i think you may be after what you've installed is fine.

Just remember if you saturate the upload (which is probably likely by the sound of things) this will greatly impede the download performance. Same with the download on the upload.

Best thing to do rather than using software is talk to your mate and sort things out like civilized people. Much easier to come up with certain "rules".

LeperousDust · 3 Jul 2008 at 02:27

Wow, i didn't bother reading about the software but thats really awful... Why does he insist on using this? He's essentially opening up his WHOLE pc to the world, so tbh just discard spy bot anyways, sounds like its trying to damn the pacific ocean

aa6972 · 3 Jul 2008 at 02:35

LeperousDust said:
Best thing to do rather than using software is talk to your mate and sort things out like civilized people. Much easier to come up with certain "rules".

I would... but I dont think he understands.

anyway... may be I will set the QoS on my router so it limit the traffic and he will give up using it

LeperousDust · 3 Jul 2008 at 03:00

Depends on your router, and even so you can't QoS everything, but one thing QoS is pretty decent at is hampering uploads.

Or learn chinese.

Meatball · 3 Jul 2008 at 08:16

That software sounds awful, uninstall it and block the installed. That's not something you want on your computer. Why can't he use uTorrent or the citrus fruit P2P network?