On Sunday 27 Jul 2003 6:41 am, Eric Huff wrote: > I have been trying out a technique for ad-blocking i saw on slash-dot: > someone made a huge list of common ad-sites and made a hosts file where > the names get sent to 0.0.0.0 > > So now, almost always, i am spared the flashes, pictures, etc of ads. > Less download time and less eye clutter. > > I'll send the hosts file if anyone is interested
I've used the same here for ages and it works a treat. I can't remember the last time I saw an advert, although my list is only limited to 15734 servers/sites for now so I think *comprehensive* is a good description of it's abilities ;-)
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