TL;DR: Download and run sudo ./hostsblock.sh.
Alternative way to remove ads from websites. Of course you may use AdBlock or something but:
- AdBlock consumes MUCH memory (sometimes up to 50 Mb per tab (!) with Firefox) due to compiling huge CSS table. /etc/hosts does no such damage for your system.
- AdBlock works with only few popular web-browsers. /etc/hosts works system-wide including instant messengers, mail/rss clients and so on.
- AdBlock doesn't prevent loading ads content. /etc/hosts blocks entire domain and saves your traffic.
Unfortunately /etc/hosts cannot block content by id, path or tag name like CSS does. I recommend to use it with NoScript extension that disables JavaScript by default. After that you will block 99% of annoying advertisements.
Download latest version and run sudo ./hostsblock.sh.
sudo hostsblock help
It will replace /etc/hosts and update it every week. So you haven't edit it by hand. Instead use hostsblock edit.
This is a script designed to be as simple as possible that does following:
- Makes copy of your original /etc/hosts as /etc/hosts.orig. Now you should
edit /etc/hosts with help of command
sudo hostsblock edit. - Installs /usr/bin/hostsblock script with help of which you can manage the hostsblock.
- Creates cron job that updates ads list and generate new /etc/hosts weekly.
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