[Cialug] Web junk blockers

[jim kraai]

an old favorite of mine is MVPS Hosts:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

puts null entries in your hosts file so dns lookups to the bad guys don't
even succeed

--jim



On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>
wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 05:12:44PM -0500, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> > For people still using Firefox, what combination of extensions do you
> > use to make the internet a less annoying place?
>
> In addition to what others have said, MVPS is helpful:
>
> http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
>
> In my testing it's more effective than Adblock Plus, which is nice
> since Adblock Plus has RAM issues.
>
> I also block various DNS servers and networks known for badness, which
> slightly overlaps with a web free of advertising/tracking.
>
> Nicolai
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