The Cellar - View Single Post - Great Firefox add-on: Flashblock

Beestie · 03-10-2007, 07:12 PM

And for IE, here is the ticket: SpyAd. Takes some getting used to - there is no installation interface but its deadly effective. Simply, it adds thousands of domains into IE's restricted list preventing those domains from running any scripts.

I use Firefox at home but IE at work.

And I heartily recommend Mike's list which works for all browsers by using the hosts file to override the DNS map. For those new to the idea, didja ever wonder how when you type cellar dot org that you end up at cellar dot org? Simply, cellar dot org is mapped to a specific IP address. You can override a site name's IP address map by putting in a different IP address. You do that in a file in your PC called 'hosts' (no extension) so Mike put together thousands of notorious advertising sites and mapped all of them to the same IP address: 127.0.0.1 which is the IP address of... your very own computer. Sneaky but it works like a charm.

Additionally for Firefox, I use AdBlock with either the FilterSetG list or Jamie Plucinski's list of sites to block.

I haven't seen an ad or unwanted flashup or popup at home in years. And all my banking and shopping sites work just fine.

03-10-2007, 07:12 PM	#3
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	And for IE, here is the ticket: SpyAd. Takes some getting used to - there is no installation interface but its deadly effective. Simply, it adds thousands of domains into IE's restricted list preventing those domains from running any scripts. I use Firefox at home but IE at work. And I heartily recommend Mike's list which works for all browsers by using the hosts file to override the DNS map. For those new to the idea, didja ever wonder how when you type cellar dot org that you end up at cellar dot org? Simply, cellar dot org is mapped to a specific IP address. You can override a site name's IP address map by putting in a different IP address. You do that in a file in your PC called 'hosts' (no extension) so Mike put together thousands of notorious advertising sites and mapped all of them to the same IP address: 127.0.0.1 which is the IP address of... your very own computer. Sneaky but it works like a charm. Additionally for Firefox, I use AdBlock with either the FilterSetG list or Jamie Plucinski's list of sites to block. I haven't seen an ad or unwanted flashup or popup at home in years. And all my banking and shopping sites work just fine. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦