Learn to block adds from your router. -

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Bleet @comcast.net	Learn to block adds from your router. Adblock is fine for 1 computer. I run a network with 5+ Blocking sites with a host file at the ROUTER is way better. I am running add block+ for 1 week after the host file filter was applied I have blocked 4 adds with ABP. I have not seen 1 add in that week just "cannot connect" errors in the spot where adds should have been
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TheMG Premium join:2007-09-04 Canada kudos:1 Reviews: ·TekSavvy DSL	IMHO AdBlock Plus is better since instead of getting errors where ads should be all you get is a blank space, much more pleasing to look at. The way it works it does not actually load the ads, removes them right from the html source, so the bandwidth savings are pretty much the same as router filtering assuming the same amount of ads are blocked/filtered.
	to forum · permalink · 2007-11-02 14:58:56 ·

You Say Privacy Invasion, We Say Behavioral Advertising > Learn to block adds from your router.