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There's a nice and maintained host file here which blackholes most ad sites: https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/. As a bonus,
by frob 8y ago
There's a nice and maintained host file here which blackholes most ad sites: https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/. As a bonus, it blackholes some shock sites as well.
- vidyesh 8y agoThe zero[1] version of it works a little faster. I am using the Unified hosts file[2] (mentioned in the article), it is a great way to combine many other hosts including Dan Pollock's list. [1]https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/ [2] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
- codeman9000 8y agoHow big would the list need to get before it starts affecting performance? There is obviously some kind of lookup for every HTTP request against the hosts file. I assume the hosts file is converted into some sort of hash list?