Proxy like tools/methods designed to filter out advertisements such as ad banners or pop-up ads.
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- Ad Filtering programs A list of advert filtering applications.
- Cut the Crap (CTC) Freeware for Unix/Linux. Proxy-like open-source daemon written in Python to filter out ads for dialup users.
- WebMask Freeware program for Windows 95/98/NT4. Open source program to remove Web ads. No longer under development by author.
- Guidescope Free for non-commercial use, for Linux/Sparc/Solaris/Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000. Proxy that filters ads by pattern matching and blacklist. Also filters cookies and referers.
- JunkBuster Freeware for Unix/Linux/FreeBSD/OS2/BeOS/Windows 95/98/ME/NT4. Web proxy that filters banner ads, cookies, and referer tracking. Supports wafers and User-Agent spoofing.
- Squid Freeware for Unix. Caching proxy which can block ads. You can also use squidGuard and SleezeBall to help do this.
- Ad Muncher Shareware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. Small, patch for common web browsers. Removes banners, buttons, popups.
- nobanner Freeware for Unix/Linux. Web proxy written in Perl which rewrites HTML on the fly to remove ads.
- WebFilter Freeware for Unix. Web advertising filter based on Cern's httpd web server.
- Adzapper Freeware for RedHat Linux 6.2/Unix/Windows 95/98/NT4. Open source rule-based filtering proxy written in Python to transform banner ads into transparent GIFs.
- Ad Extinguisher Freeware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000. Small proxy that blocks banner ads and some web bugs, also freezes animated gifs.
- Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File Free for all platforms. A hosts file that blocks most major advertisers, parasites, hijackers and unwanted search engines.
- Gorilla Design Studio Presents: The Hosts File Free for all platforms. A hosts file for blocking the hostnames of major advertisers.
- Rabbit Freeware for any OS with JAVA. Proxy designed to speed surfing over slow links, by removing adverts and compressing the data stream using gzip and jpegs. Innovative approach.
- Ad Blocking via CSS How to use CSS rules to block ads. The technique works for any Gecko-based browser and for Apple's browser, Safari. It even works with the Thunderbird mail client.
- PithHelmet An extended site preferences and ad blocking plugin for Apple's Safari browser. The basic purpose of the plugin is to allow the user to control the blocking of ad images, Flash, Shockwave or midi loops.
- gozer.org: Mozilla: Ad Blocking How to use Mozilla and Firefox to create custom CSS rules to hide certain elements based on their attributes and values.
- AdSubtract Freeware and commercial versions for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000. Runs in browsers java virtual machine and kills ads and cookies, slowish.
- Ad Blocker for IE Blocks all forms of advertising.
- hpHOSTS Freely downloadable community managed hosts file for ad and malware site blocking.