A crafty way to get rid of ads

[hazel]

I found this on the Debian forum. Just add these lines to /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.ca.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 adremote.timeinc.net
127.0.0.1 adsremote.scripps.net
127.0.0.1 a.as-us.falkag.net
127.0.0.1 interclick.com
127.0.0.1 a1.interclick.com
127.0.0.1 media.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 network.realmedia.com127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net

These are apparently the sites responsible for most of the rubbish that appears in browsers; redirect them to your own machine and the inserts disappear. It certainly works on this forum.

[rokytnji]

Thanks Hazel. Trying it out in AntiX on Iceweasel and Firefox . Seems to work ok here just like you said. Again Thanks.

[M-88]

Ya know that does make sense. I might try it as I've been on a few sites lately that take for EVER for ad.doubleclick.net to load.

I was also considering blocking the URLs for these in my DDWRT router at home. Might make it load times substantially quicker.

I add this to /etc/hosts ?

[bigtomrodney]

That's pretty cool, could be handy for routers and mobile devices too. Hazel have you come across the Adblock Plus plugin for Firefox? It's a pretty slick filter for ads, it even comes with a subscription to get the latest list of domains to block. IT makes the internet look the way it should

[Lazydog]

I have been doing this for some years now and have a large list of ads sites in my hosts file. I thought everyone knew how to do this.

[Jonathan183]

I have been doing this for some years now and have a large list of ads sites in my hosts file. I thought everyone knew how to do this.

could you post the list?

[hazel]

That's pretty cool, could be handy for routers and mobile devices too. Hazel have you come across the Adblock Plus plugin for Firefox? It's a pretty slick filter for ads, it even comes with a subscription to get the latest list of domains to block. IT makes the internet look the way it should

Yes, I use adblock too. But I don't often use firefox in Debian because it starts up very slowly; I prefer Kazehakase. The beauty of this approach is that it works with all browsers.

[cousinlucky]

Will they work in Ubuntu 8.04??

[Hal343]

They should work in any linux distribution, Cousin Lucky.

[Lazydog]

Ask and you shall receive.
Here you are, HOSTS.
There is somewhere around 800 entries in this list.
I haven't had any ad problems with this list and now I use adblock plus in firefox.

I tried to post a file but for some reason it kept on spitting out an error, not sure why.