5 Steps to make an Eset - Antibanner(Ads blocker)

[deva99]

I had read in past that eset antivirus/smart security needs to have antibanner like kaspersky and others.
I tried to make one myself ,and as far as i have seen ,its working out pretty well for me.
If you want you can make one your self.

******************Steps**********************************
1](I am using eset 4.2) Under eset settings->Web Access protection->Address management there are 3 options in combo box ,select option -"List of blocked addresses/masks"

2]Now most of pop up's ads start with ad.* or ads.* so u can add these masks to blocked addresses .or u can list urls you want to block.

3]U can get all the blacklist urls for ads from net at urlblacklist.com or searching on google .

4] I have got the list of ads urls from urlblacklist.com as a text file. i am uploading it with this post. just download the file.

5] the downloaded text file can be loaded in eset by eset settings->Web Access protection->Address management ,Click on Add button(at right hand cornor of button where "v" appears) . it will ask you to browse the text file. Just browse this attached text file and then click on Apply ,Ok and its done.
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Now your eset will filter all the ads for you.
I know there are Ads block plus and other plugins available for Mozilla/Chrome.
But this option is independent of the browser you use.

Feel free to comment and suggetions are most welcome thank you !! :-)

[FanJ]

It is good that this topic has been raised; thanks deva99.
I'm using this feature for some time on my NOD32 AV 4.2.71.2 on XP.
Don't forget the use of the masks * and ? .
Whether the feature is available on NOD32 version 5, I don't know (or forgot if already posted).

PS:
Ohh, where are the good old times of the Block/Restricted sites lists by Eric Howes...

[siljaline]

Eric went on to work for GFI

[FanJ]

Originally Posted by siljaline

Eric went on to work for GFI

Yes, I know.

[siljaline]

You may use *.wildcard entries per this ESET solution. I personally have yet to experiment with wildcards, it would be interesting to know what your findings are.

[LnSrocks]

is there a way to use "?" as a question mark instead of a wildcard?

if I do abc. com/php?* it would be the same as abc. com/php*

[LnSrocks]

best way to block ads with wildcards is

*.url .com/*

this way you can cover the sub domain and the stuff after it.

*. <- prevents wildcard blocking websites that are unintended eg. "*def. com" would block "abcdef. com"
/* <- gets all the stuff behind and "/" prevents combining ". com" into links like ".comp" or w/e

[deva99]

Originally Posted by FanJ

It is good that this topic has been raised; thanks deva99.
I'm using this feature for some time on my NOD32 AV 4.2.71.2 on XP.
Don't forget the use of the masks * and ? .
Whether the feature is available on NOD32 version 5, I don't know (or forgot if already posted).

PS:
Ohh, where are the good old times of the Block/Restricted sites lists by Eric Howes...

Yes the solution work with any eset product, any version ...from version 3.0 onwards.

[deva99]

Originally Posted by LnSrocks

best way to block ads with wildcards is

*.url .com/*

this way you can cover the sub domain and the stuff after it.

*. <- prevents wildcard blocking websites that are unintended eg. "*def. com" would block "abcdef. com"
/* <- gets all the stuff behind and "/" prevents combining ". com" into links like ".comp" or w/e

Yah thats one of the way to use it....Infact i have used it the adurl.txt file. But thanks for suggetions :-)

[agoretsky]

Hello,

If you want to change the http traffic without a brower plugin, you might want to take a look at Pyrenean's DNSKong (DNS-level) or eDexter (hosts file-level) programs. The developer also has some pointers for filtering via BIND, Microsoft DNS and TreeWalk.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky