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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Get rid of annoying Internet ads



1. Get Mozilla Firefox from http://www.mozilla.com .

2. Download and install the Adblock extension for Firefox from that site.

3. Copy the following into a text file:

*.2mdn.*
*.doubleclick.net*
*.fastclick.*
*.casalemedia.*
*.euroclick.*
*.interclick.*
*.tribalfusion.*
*.falkag.*
*.adknowledge.*
*.advertising.*
*.atdmt.*
*.yieldmanager.*
http://www.megaupload.com/gui/floater*
*.primaryads*
*.clickboothlnk.*
http://brt.trb.com/ads*
http://media.nya*
*.cpxinteractive.*
http://imageshack.us/tag*
http://www.imageshack.us/tag*
*.pennyweb.*
http://www.hityourhead.com/banners/s*
*.bluestreak.*
*.hurricanedigitalmedia.*
*.blogads.*
*.revenue.*
*.smileycentral.*
*smileycentral*
*bannerconnect*
*.akamai.*
*.contextweb*
*burstnet*
*pagead2*
*auctionshare*
*.eyewonder*
*cdn2.*
*cdn.*
*.overture.*
*adserver*
*zedo.*
*creativeby*
*/ad.*
*.mediaplex.*

Save the text file and run Firefox.

4. In Firefox: Under Tools, go to Adblock -> Preferences.

5. Select Adblock Options, then Import Filters... Select the text file you just saved.

Congratulations! Whenever you browse the Internet with Mozilla Firefox, you won't be invaded by any of the flashing and beeping that you had never asked for. And, because Adblock prevents any of the blocked ads from loading, you should notice some web pages--especially the ones that would otherwise be full of ads--appear significantly faster.