If you have gotten tired of the ads in youtube and elsewhere here is a way
to block them. I have tried out this method for a number of days and in
youtube have not seen one ad.
Because I do most things in terminal except for youtube I don't encounter
ads ormalicious websites so I have no experience there. Look here:
https://giuliomac.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/how-to-block-ads/
This method works with any operating system which can connect with the
internet with any browser. There is a small bit there about how to do the
mac version.
Basically there is a plain text file in /private/etc called "hosts". It
contains internet url locations for the system to ignore. I would advise
renaming the existing "hosts" file before substituting the new one.
The version of it in the zip file at the above link contains many many
such sources known to cause popup ads such as those in youtube and else
where. Those known to be malicious websites are blocked also.
The file is updated once a month when additional ad and malicious websites
become known. Using the examples in the file one can add sites one does
not want to appear, such as those a child should not visit.
The result is that the ads and malicious websites disappear as far as you
are concerned. The internet works faster because those sites never enter
into the picture. Computer security is much improved because malicious
websites never see you on the net to plant nasties on your system.
XB
