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Addison 2009-10-11 13:35
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by YoDude (Post 316796)
This does a very good job. http://www.clicksmilies.com/auswahl/ernaehrung004.gif

Better than my hand edited hosts file... it even kills images that are inserted into mobile formatted sites like >> http://www.6abctogo.com/wap/traffic/...start=1&loc=13

The Dunkin' Donuts ad on ^that page... history. :)
Just tested that web page and I'm still seeing the Dunkin' Donuts ad.

Is this how my host file should appear?

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2...9101109355.png

rcull 2009-10-11 14:09
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Addison this is where your personal additions come in. I've just checked the source for that page and I think that if you add

a.m.go.com

You should lose this add. :) :)

Rick

rcull 2009-10-11 14:11
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
You will of course have to click on 'Update my System' afterwards.

Rick

Addison 2009-10-11 14:24
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Okay, thanks for the quick response chief! :)

Addison 2009-10-11 23:36
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Wow. That totally worked! I feel so empowered now! :D

Hey, for future reference, how did you know that a.m.go.com needed to be added to the host file?

YoDude 2009-10-12 01:18
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Addison (Post 344045)
Wow. That totally worked! I feel so empowered now! :D

Hey, for future reference, how did you know that a.m.go.com needed to be added to the host file?
Yes, teach a man to fish. :)

fpp 2009-10-12 08:24
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by YoDude (Post 344082)
Yes, teach a man to fish. :)
You need to look at the HTML source for the page to find the source of the offending ad.
Using Firefox with adblock on the desktop may be a simpler method for those unfamiliar with HTML.

Addison 2009-10-12 08:32
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Thanks fpp!

I know how to view page source in Firefox so is there some type of leading text or code before that ad address to make it easy to find when searching?

Like is there something I can type into "Find next" that will get me to that part of the code immediately?

pelago 2009-10-12 09:10
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Addison (Post 344240)
Thanks fpp!

I know how to view page source in Firefox so is there some type of leading text or code before that ad address to make it easy to find when searching?

Like is there something I can type into "Find next" that will get me to that part of the code immediately?
I don't think there's a generic thing to search for that will work for all pages/adverts. You just need to look at the source at around the place that the advert appears.

But as fpp says, I think using Adblock Plus on a desktop Firefox is the best way, as you can right-click on the advert itself and tell it to block, which will tell you the URL of the advert.

Addison 2009-10-12 09:14
Re: [Announce] 'advoid' a hostfile based ad blocker
 
Excellent!

I didn't catch that feature when I installed it on my Windows machine a few days ago.

Thanks for the great tip!

Okay, we can close this entire thread now. :)


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