Comments on: Block Advertisements in ANY Browser via /etc/hosts http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Fri, 11 May 2012 05:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nono http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-15342 Nono Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:12:38 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-15342 http://zelut.org/projects/misc/hosts is empty http://zelut.org/projects/misc/hosts is empty

]]> By: Agena 21 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-12144 Agena 21 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:33:25 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-12144 ###################################### This will make LIFE simple, for UBUNTU or LINUX MINT users: Open a terminal, then copy and paste this below: sudo gedit /etc/hosts [] Now got to this website below and copy and paste the text into your "HOSTS" file after deleting the existing text from gedit in your existing hosts file: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt [] Do this once a month as they update the info... [] Now press SAVE in gedit, and reboot... you will be protected once you reboot from the bad sites in your now updated HOSTS file... simple no? Enjoy, I do. ######################################## ######################################

This will make LIFE simple, for UBUNTU or LINUX MINT users:

Open a terminal, then copy and paste this below:

sudo gedit /etc/hosts

[] Now got to this website below and copy and paste the text into your “HOSTS” file after deleting the existing text from gedit in your existing hosts file:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt

[] Do this once a month as they update the info…

[] Now press SAVE in gedit, and reboot… you will be protected once you reboot from the bad sites in your now updated HOSTS file… simple no? Enjoy, I do.

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]]> By: The Cog http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-11201 The Cog Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:51:12 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-11201 The trouble with using 127.0.0.1 is that your browser queries your own PC (it's the "loopback" address, after all). If you're running a webserver on your PC then it will query that webserver. Even if you don't run a webserver, it will try to connect to port 80 every time, and get refused. If you use address 127.0.0.0 instead, then the connect attempt from the browser fails immediately without ever sending a connect request. The trouble with using 127.0.0.1 is that your browser queries your own PC (it’s the “loopback” address, after all). If you’re running a webserver on your PC then it will query that webserver. Even if you don’t run a webserver, it will try to connect to port 80 every time, and get refused.

If you use address 127.0.0.0 instead, then the connect attempt from the browser fails immediately without ever sending a connect request.

]]> By: Paul http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-9320 Paul Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:28:12 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-9320 Cool, guys. I'm kinda new to Linux - that is, I've gotten rather used to it, but I don't know enough about it to muck around with config files without guidance. I ALWAYS look for a how-to before diddling with stuff, lol I knew how HOSTS works in Windows, and I knew that hosts in Linux was supposed to do the same thing. But, I didn't have a clue where to look for it. I've got it working now. Unfortunately, zelut.org seems to be down, or having problems. All I get over there is a front page, and a bunch of 404 errors. No real problem, though, because I have a pretty good, updated HOSTS file on a Windows machine. I just copied it over to the Linux box. Thanks! Cool, guys. I'm kinda new to Linux – that is, I've gotten rather used to it, but I don't know enough about it to muck around with config files without guidance. I ALWAYS look for a how-to before diddling with stuff, lol

I knew how HOSTS works in Windows, and I knew that hosts in Linux was supposed to do the same thing. But, I didn't have a clue where to look for it.

I've got it working now. Unfortunately, zelut.org seems to be down, or having problems. All I get over there is a front page, and a bunch of 404 errors. No real problem, though, because I have a pretty good, updated HOSTS file on a Windows machine. I just copied it over to the Linux box.

Thanks!

]]> By: SeanPC http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-8973 SeanPC Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:10:16 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-8973 Excellent Work. I can now use Arora browser full time! Excellent Work. I can now use Arora browser full time!

]]> By: Thomas http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-8806 Thomas Mon, 25 May 2009 22:43:39 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-8806 sudo mv /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.orig sudo wget -c http://zelut.org/projects/misc/hosts -O /etc/hosts is bad. - For a while there your system has not hosts file. This could be bad news if wget needs it to find your proxy :-) - Nothing from your original hosts file is retained. - wget is run as root. # get the file using a non-root account wget -c http://zelut.org/projects/misc/hosts -O ~/hosts # CHECK IT! less ~/hosts # backup your old hosts file sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.orig # append the new one to your hosts file cat ~/hosts | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts sudo mv /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.orig
sudo wget -c http://zelut.org/projects/misc/hosts -O /etc/hosts

is bad.
- For a while there your system has not hosts file. This could be bad news if wget needs it to find your proxy :-)
- Nothing from your original hosts file is retained.
- wget is run as root.

# get the file using a non-root account
wget -c http://zelut.org/projects/misc/hosts -O ~/hosts
# CHECK IT!
less ~/hosts
# backup your old hosts file
sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.orig
# append the new one to your hosts file
cat ~/hosts | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

]]> By: Jim http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-8761 Jim Wed, 20 May 2009 01:56:24 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-8761 Thanks for this Christer, it works great on my Jaunty system and I have not noticed any change in performance, just dont have the advertisements anymore and thats what this is about. Thanks for this Christer, it works great on my Jaunty system and I have not noticed any change in performance, just dont have the advertisements anymore and thats what this is about.

]]> By: Arkadi http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-8757 Arkadi Tue, 19 May 2009 19:23:08 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-8757 Thanks for the information, but i really like Firefox and wish every body would use it, so please live Firefox alone! Thanks for the information, but i really like Firefox and wish every body would use it, so please live Firefox alone!

]]> By: Mike http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-8735 Mike Sat, 16 May 2009 16:57:13 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-8735 Yeah, you're right the performance hit is pretty minimal. Just as an experiment, I made a file with 15,000 lines, and then did a grep for one of the lines towards the end. Using the time command, it took about 0.1s for grep to find the line. So I guess that's not a huge hit really, and you're right that's got to be faster than the DNS lookup that would happen otherwise. Sometimes it's useful to /know/ that something was blocked, like, for example on your site I had no idea until I was blocking it until I browsed around and saw your request to turn off ad-blocking. Which makes me wonder...how would one create an exception to a rule with this system? Did you just shoot your advertising in the foot? Yeah, you're right the performance hit is pretty minimal. Just as an experiment, I made a file with 15,000 lines, and then did a grep for one of the lines towards the end. Using the time command, it took about 0.1s for grep to find the line. So I guess that's not a huge hit really, and you're right that's got to be faster than the DNS lookup that would happen otherwise.

Sometimes it's useful to /know/ that something was blocked, like, for example on your site I had no idea until I was blocking it until I browsed around and saw your request to turn off ad-blocking. Which makes me wonder…how would one create an exception to a rule with this system? Did you just shoot your advertising in the foot?

]]> By: dfpoon http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/05/15/block-advertisements-in-any-browser-via-etchosts/#comment-8732 dfpoon Sat, 16 May 2009 15:10:35 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=1075#comment-8732 Firefox is getting unstable? Maybe it is problem of "places.sqlite" storing too much info. Here is a possible way to do it: <a href="http://forum.moztw.org/viewtopic.php?p=146834" target="_blank">http://forum.moztw.org/viewtopic.php?p=146834</a> (It is a traditional chinese page) Google tranlated as following: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.moztw.org%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D146834&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&history_state0=" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&pr...</a> Firefox is getting unstable? Maybe it is problem of "places.sqlite" storing too much info.

Here is a possible way to do it:
http://forum.moztw.org/viewtopic.php?p=146834 (It is a traditional chinese page)
Google tranlated as following:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&pr…

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