Original post is here: eklausmeier.goip.de
Advertisements on web-pages is ubiquitous. Without advertisement even this blog could not be offered free of charge. But advertisement can be a real nuisance with its blinking, flickering, moving, and distracting appearance. Sometimes they even contain malware.
There are two simple remedies for this problem:
- use an adblocker plug-in for your browser
- modify your
/etc/hostsfile
The first one is easy to accomplish, but sometimes web-pages no longer work as expected. The second approach is in some ways more direct and more brutal, and leaves visual clues on the web-pages that brute force has been applied.
Editing /etc/hosts on your Linux desktop is easy. On Android you connect via adb shell, switch to root user with su, then
1mount -o remount,rw /system
i.e., remount the /system directory from read-only to write-enabled, then edit /etc/hosts. Either reboot your smartphone, or
1mount -o remount,ro /system
I use the following list of hosts in my /etc/hosts, which has a somewhat German felling:[more_WP_Tag]
1# Block annoying ads
2127.0.0.1 akamai.smartadserver.com
3127.0.0.1 at.atwola.com
4127.0.0.1 adserv.quality-channel.de
5127.0.0.1 s0.2mdn.net
6127.0.0.1 adfarm1.adition.com
7127.0.0.1 ad1.adfarm1.adition.com
8127.0.0.1 ad2.adfarm1.adition.de
9127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net
10127.0.0.1 ad-emea.doubleclick.net
11127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
12127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.com
13127.0.0.1 ad.de.doubleclick.net
14127.0.0.1 googleads.g.doubleclick.net
15127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
16127.0.0.1 tpc.googlesyndication.com
17127.0.0.1 pubads.g.doubleclick.net
18127.0.0.1 bid.g.doubleclick.net
19127.0.0.1 2o7.net
20127.0.0.1 metalyzer.com
21127.0.0.1 static.2mdn.net
22127.0.0.1 adserver.adtech.de
23127.0.0.1 www.nuggad.net
24127.0.0.1 nuggad.net
25127.0.0.1 asv.nuggad.net
26127.0.0.1 fxm.nuggad.net
27127.0.0.1 oms.nuggad.net
28127.0.0.1 tofo.nuggad.net
29127.0.0.1 si.nuggad.net
30127.0.0.1 cdn1.smartadserver.com
31127.0.0.1 adimg.uimserv.net
32127.0.0.1 rm.newtentionassets.net
33127.0.0.1 ad.yieldmanager.com
34127.0.0.1 euros4click.de
35127.0.0.1 media.funpic.de
36127.0.0.1 adfarm.mediaplex.com
37127.0.0.1 img-cdn.mediaplex.com
38127.0.0.1 im.banner.t-online.de
39127.0.0.1 adclient.uimserv.net
40127.0.0.1 ads.yimg.com
41127.0.0.1 ds.serving-sys.com
42127.0.0.1 mjxads.internet.com
43127.0.0.1 adserver.freenet.de
44127.0.0.1 view.binlayer.com
45127.0.0.1 adsfac.eu
46127.0.0.1 mi.adinterax.com
47127.0.0.1 trafficrevenue.net
48127.0.0.1 banners.contentfeed.net
49127.0.0.1 de.partypoker.com
50127.0.0.1 de.partycasino.com
51127.0.0.1 ih.adscale.de
52127.0.0.1 ads.heias.com
53127.0.0.1 cdn.flashtalking.com
54127.0.0.1 ad.amgdgt.com
55127.0.0.1 eas4.emediate.eu
56127.0.0.1 ad4.adfarm1.adition.com
57127.0.0.1 farm.plista.com
58127.0.0.1 ww251.smartadserver.com
59127.0.0.1 ced.sascdn.com
60127.0.0.1 track.adform.net
61127.0.0.1 o1.qns.com
62127.0.0.1 springer02.webtrekk.net
63127.0.0.1 bild.ivwbox.de
64127.0.0.1 ad.zanox.com
65127.0.0.1 ad.ad-srv.net
66127.0.0.1 www.adnxs.com
67127.0.0.1 adnxs.com
68127.0.0.1 ib.adnxs.com
69127.0.0.1 lax1.ib.adnxs.com
70127.0.0.1 tag.imaginaxs.com
71127.0.0.1 ivwbox.de
72127.0.0.1 outbrain.com
73127.0.0.1 www.ligatus.com
74127.0.0.1 ligatus.com
75127.0.0.1 r.ligatus.com
76127.0.0.1 yieldlab.net
77127.0.0.1 www.scorecardresearch.com
78127.0.0.1 scorecardresearch.com
79127.0.0.1 krxd.net
80127.0.0.1 a.adroll.com
81127.0.0.1 d.adroll.com
82127.0.0.1 s1.2mdn.net
83127.0.0.1 addthis.com
84127.0.0.1 adsrvr.org
85127.0.0.1 ad.adsrvr.org
86127.0.0.1 adap.tv
87127.0.0.1 engine.adzerk.net
88127.0.0.1 exalator.com
89127.0.0.1 fastclick.com
90127.0.0.1 triggit.com
91127.0.0.1 tidaltv.com
92127.0.0.1 simpli.fi
93127.0.0.1 www.active-srv02.de
94127.0.0.1 imagesrv.adition.com
95127.0.0.1 c.betrad.com
96127.0.0.1 batch.threadex.com
97127.0.0.1 urban.adspirit.de
98127.0.0.1 pub.adspirit.de
99127.0.0.1 top.oewabox.at
100127.0.0.1 a.visualrevenue.com
101127.0.0.1 ads.yahoo.com
102127.0.0.1 sponsorads.de
103127.0.0.1 www.sponsorads.de
104127.0.0.1 imgserv.sponsorads.de
105127.0.0.1 1414.de
106127.0.0.1 adgrx.com
107127.0.0.1 adaos-ads.com
108127.0.0.1 ad.360-yield.com
109127.0.0.1 img.turn.com
110127.0.0.1 streaming.ad-balancer.at
111127.0.0.1 ipage.grm-pro.com
112127.0.0.1 wa.kurier.at
113127.0.0.1 pix04.revsci.net
114127.0.0.1 hubtraffic.com
115127.0.0.1 ss.phncdn.com
116127.0.0.1 pt.trafficjunky.net
117127.0.0.1 1digitalstock.com
118127.0.0.1 static.1digitalstock.com
119127.0.0.1 cdn.dreamrev.com
120127.0.0.1 go.youlamedia.com
121127.0.0.1 js.moatads.com
122127.0.0.1 cdn1.ads.contentabc.com
123127.0.0.1 cdn.movad.net
124127.0.0.1 a.twiago.com
125127.0.0.1 de.ioam.de
126127.0.0.1 cdn.optimizely.com
127127.0.0.1 inskin.hs.llnwd.net
128127.0.0.1 cd.xplosion.de
129127.0.0.1 p.flite.com
130127.0.0.1 asset.flite.com
131127.0.0.1 www.adcash.com
132127.0.0.1 www.mgid.com
133127.0.0.1 imgg.mgid.com
134127.0.0.1 pixel.adsafeprotected.com
135127.0.0.1 secure.flashtalking.com
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