Comment use yer friggin' hosts file already! (Score 1) 323
It's been mentioned on a few other posts this go-around, but needs mentioning again. Having just run across this myself, I'm amazed this information hasn't spread further. The single easiest way to block most ads isn't with some program or extension mucking around with your system, it's just by redirecting the most common ad-servers by using your hosts file.
This page shows you how to do it for Linux/BSD/Solaris/Unix, BeOS, Windows NT, and Win '95-'98. Extremely simple, it has succeeded in blocking most banners and pop-up ads from my web browsing. The only thing this doesn' t work for is for sites that serve their own ads. I imagine this'll kill Gator as well (whew...just under the wire there in making this post relevant!)
This page shows you how to do it for Linux/BSD/Solaris/Unix, BeOS, Windows NT, and Win '95-'98. Extremely simple, it has succeeded in blocking most banners and pop-up ads from my web browsing. The only thing this doesn' t work for is for sites that serve their own ads. I imagine this'll kill Gator as well (whew...just under the wire there in making this post relevant!)
