a simple method is to add the unholy url to /etc/host with ip set to 127.0.0.1
I use a proxy, Apart from ghostery, adbloc plus and privacy badger. So the above host entry takes care of android too. On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 9:45 PM, Rony Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any setting in my router that can reduce this? > > Regards, > Rony. > > On Mon, May 21, 2018, 9:11 PM Richard Victor Correia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Its done by MTNL as an ISP >> >> My software website was breaking because of it. >> >> Using https solved the problem for me. >> >> >> All clients were using MTNL >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 7:36 PM GN <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Please check the site you are trying to load, I guess this happens only >> > on those sites that are not on https. This is my guess. These >> > advertisements are not embedded on the server side, but were injected >> > along the way since the transmission is not encrypted. This behavior >> > will disappear only when all websites run on https. >> > >> > I sent a complaint to www.thehindu.com, when this happened, requesting >> > them to convert to https. >> > >> > Do you think it is because of MTNL? Did other ISPs also have >> > experienced this problem? >> > >> > -- >> > GN >> > >> > On Monday 21 May 2018 01:14 PM, Rony Bill wrote: >> > > I do use MTNL broadband. >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > Rony. >> > > >> > > On Mon, May 21, 2018, 12:47 PM Richard Victor Correia < >> > [email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> MTNL also Puts its code in some HTML pages >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 12:23 PM Rajen M. Parekh < >> > [email protected]> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> I have had similar experience. The interesting thing though was that >> I >> > >>> didn't see the same behaviour with the same sites on other machines. >> > So, >> > >>> I guess the reason had to be some extension that was installed. I >> > didn't >> > >>> have the time & patience to check which one was the culprit, as the >> > >>> concerned browser installation had quite some extension installed. I >> > >>> just uninstalled & re-installed firefox and then didn't install any >> of >> > >>> the extension. Working fine now. >> > >>> >> > >>> Regards. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> On 21-05-2018 12:02, Rony Bill wrote: >> > >>>> Hello Friends, >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Off late I have observed that when visiting some websites (Clean >> > ones), >> > >>>> especially where a form is to be filled, a spam advts tab opens in >> the >> > >>>> browser. It happens in Android as well as Ubuntu in Firefox. In my >> > >> Ubuntu >> > >>>> laptop, I was on a sports shopping site and just when I clicked on >> Buy >> > >>> Now, >> > >>>> it opened a spam page, even playing an advt video. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> What is this new phenomenon happening? >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Regards, >> > >>>> Rony. >> > >>> -- >> > >>> http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> > >>> >> > >> -- >> > >> -- >> > >> Warm Regards, >> > >> >> > >> Richard Victor Correia >> > >> >> > >> * Florix Creative And Software Solutions >> > >> * eCargo Services >> > >> * Vasai Flowers >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> PH: +91 9004911199, 9004111444 >> > >> -- >> > >> http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> > >> >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > Prof. Nagarjuna G. >> > Gnowledge lab, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, >> > Tata Institute of Fundamental Research >> > V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai 400088 >> > >> > -- >> > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> >> -- >> -- >> Warm Regards, >> >> Richard Victor Correia >> >> * Florix Creative And Software Solutions >> * eCargo Services >> * Vasai Flowers >> >> >> PH: +91 9004911199, 9004111444 >> -- >> http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
