A family of browser addons for Firefox, Chrome and other browsers that blocks ads and popups
An application/addon for blocking adds.
Questions tagged [adblock]
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DNS server for blacklisting tons of domains and also some TLDs
I'm trying to setup a basic DNS server for my lan that is able to put in a nullroute or 127.0.0.1 lots of domains.
The domains I want to block come from a list but I also want to block some domains using regular expressions (this is a must for my…
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How to block hostnames with wildcards or Regex?
Currently I uses a big /etc/hosts to block unwanted hostnames. But the file is getting bigger and bigger closing in on 700000 entries. The are many similar entries so I would like to use wildcards like *.co.kr because I don't speak any Korean. Also…
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adblocking proxy
I'm a user of several modern browsers and I don't like spam. So I install adblockers, like ublock origin. But you have to install extensions in every browser you have and the plugins are not for term browsers (like links). So the question is if is…
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The correct way of implementing adblocking with uzbl?
I though about running some proxy on localhost, but will I be able to filter https? I've tried to use scripts from wiki, but they are not seem to work.
Another idea is to implement adblocking using /etc/hosts It is workable and not too severe?…
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How to fail fast with iptables?
Inspired by the Pi-hole I set up my own one.
What it does:
The Pi-hole is configured as a dedicated IP in my local net on a virtual adapter of Raspberry Pi.
Get list of known spam / phishing / ad server names.
Use dnsmasq as a local DNS to resolve…
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Iceweasel 26, no root privileges and ad blocking
In our workstations we don't have root privileges. Our home directories are synced (they don't depend on the physical computer). We have an old Iceweasel 26 installed.
I'd like to block the ads. Unfortunately, Adblock Plus is not compatible with…
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Adblock rule to block g+ / twitter / etc.
Looks like this rule works to blocking facebook domain, when not visiting the facebook domain (ex.: "like/share" etc. buttons on other pages then facebook):
! don't allow facebook outside…
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Chromium: how to block promoted content advertisement on Twitter (uBlock Origin/uMatrix)
Using Debian 10 with Chromium along with uBlock Origin and uMatrix extensions.
On Twitter, advertisement as promoted content are not blocked, How can we block such content with uBlock/uMatrix or any other underlying Linux's solution?
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