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Ad Blocking via CSS

floppymoose.com

How to use CSS rules to block ads. The technique works for any Gecko-based browser and for Apple's browser, Safari.Â It even works with the Thunderbird mail client.

381 visits Aug 15, 2025 Details

Ad Extinguisher

bhatt.id.au

Freeware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000. Small proxy that blocks banner ads and some web bugs, also freezes animated gifs.

458 visits Oct 8, 2025 Details

Ad Filtering programs

flourish.org

Comprehensive list of advert filtering applications.

362 visits Dec 6, 2025 Details

Ad Muncher

admuncher.com

Shareware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. Small, patch for common web browsers. Removes banners, buttons, popups.

467 visits Nov 17, 2025 Details

AdsCleaner

adscleaner.com

Ad stopper and pop up blocker with additional features. Commercial. Windows NT/2000/XP.

279 visits Jan 27, 2024 Details

AdSubtract

intermute.com

Freeware and commercial versions for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000. Runs in browsers java virtual machine and kills ads and cookies, slowish.

329 visits May 26, 2024 Details

Adzapper

zaplet.org

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.

140 visits Apr 13, 2025 Details

Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File

mvps.org

Free for all platforms. A hosts file that blocks most major advertisers, parasites, hijackers and unwanted search engines.

475 visits Oct 21, 2024 Details

Cut the Crap (CTC)

softlab.ece.ntua.gr

Freeware for Unix/Linux. Proxy-like open-source daemon written in Python to filter out ads for dialup users.

319 visits May 18, 2024 Details

Gorilla Design Studio Presents: The Hosts File

accs-net.com

Free for all platforms. A hosts file for blocking the hostnames of major advertisers.

367 visits Dec 17, 2025 Details

gozer.org: Mozilla: Ad Blocking

gozer.org

How to use Mozilla and Firefox to create custom CSS rules to hide certain elements based on their attributes and values.

251 visits Apr 12, 2026 Details

Guidescope

guidescope.com

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.

11 visits Oct 2, 2025 Details

hpHOSTS

hosts-file.net

Freely downloadable community managed hosts file for ad and malware site blocking.

225 visits Nov 24, 2025 Details

Internet Watcher

internetwatcher.com

Commercial software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. Ad remover, automatically configures browser, and comes in five European languages.

341 visits Apr 7, 2025 Details

JunkBuster

internet.junkbuster.com

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.

95 visits Dec 30, 2025 Details

KillAd

iomagic.org

Freeware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4. Kills web browser pop-up ad windows.

263 visits Jun 5, 2025 Details

Mike's Ad Blocking Hosts File

everythingisnt.com

Free for all platforms. A hosts file that block major advertisers' hostnames.

403 visits Sep 23, 2025 Details

nobanner

cornvalley.peak.org

Freeware for Unix/Linux. Web proxy written in Perl which rewrites HTML on the fly to remove ads.

311 visits Sep 2, 2024 Details

PithHelmet

culater.net

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, …

222 visits Oct 4, 2025 Details

Rabbit

rabbit-proxy.sourceforge.net

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.

433 visits Jul 13, 2023 Details

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