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How To Remove 90% of Internet Ads

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Mr.Cool
Mr.Cool Original post #1
Jan 2, 2007 at 10:29 PM
Do those Ads annoy you ? Does the sight of Google Ads make you red?
If you'd like to remove them, you can use Opera to go about it.

What you need
Before continuing, you will need the list of ads to block out. The list can be found here.

What you need to do:
  • Open up the folder where you have installed Opera (usually C:\Program Files\Opera\ ).
  • Navigate to the Profile folder ( C:\Program Files\Opera\profile )
  • Make sure you have closed Opera before continuing
  • Open the urlfilter.ini file and paste the entire contents beginning from [exclude] to the end.
  • Save and Close the file.

NOTE:
  • Always keep a backup of the file before editing it.
  • The list given above only helps to blockout public ads (that is those provided by a network such as Google). To block ads hosted on a site, use the Block Content option (right click any empty area in the site and block out images/flash etc.)

Please note that this is a tutorial for Opera. There are other tutorials for Firefox and/or plugins which we are not concerned about here in this post. Please don't start a Firefox vs. Opera war here.
Kiran.dks
Jan 2, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Mention the source,
Source: *www.technobeta.com/posts/opera-ads/
eagle_y2j
Jan 3, 2007 at 9:45 AM
Kiran_tech_mania said:
Mention the source,
Source: *www.technobeta.com/posts/opera-ads/

kiran c Mr.Cool's signature it shows most probably this site belongs to him so i don't think he need to mention source ....

www.technobeta.com

Before marriage, a man Yearns for the woman he loves.
After marriage, the \'Y\' becomes silent.
Mr.Cool
Mr.Cool #4
Jan 3, 2007 at 10:30 AM
eagle_y2j thats true. TechnoBeta.com is my site. Hence I did not mention the source. :)
ashisharya
Jan 3, 2007 at 2:20 PM
Mr.Cool said:
eagle_y2j thats true. TechnoBeta.com is my site. Hence I did not mention the source. :)

good way to promote ur site
forever
forever #6
Jan 3, 2007 at 3:48 PM
atleast give it up for the guy , its a very useful thing , good job brother :)
Mr.Cool
Mr.Cool #7
Jan 3, 2007 at 3:56 PM
ashisharya said:
good way to promote ur site

Sigh! My Blog's already getting sufficient hits a day. Take a look.

forever said:
atleast give it up for the guy , its a very useful thing , good job brother

Thanks :) Atleast you understand. I posted this cause I want people to shift to Opera and see its benefits. I'm a big Opera fan you see :)
blueshift
Jan 3, 2007 at 4:24 PM
This is cool but wouldn't this be illegal...?
piyush gupta
Jan 3, 2007 at 4:45 PM
No its useful information
only coz the site owner is telling its benefits

doesn't make it illegal
rahul_rks
rahul_rks #10
Jan 3, 2007 at 5:51 PM
thanks for the info.will try it out.
caleb
caleb #11
Jan 3, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Thanks...will definately try it out.
Kiran.dks
Kiran.dks #12
Jan 3, 2007 at 8:03 PM
Ok guys and Mr.cool. I missed out reading your signature. Error regretted.
Mr.Cool
Mr.Cool #13
Jan 4, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Yes Indyan is right...

Tamil has updated his page with the TechnoBeta link.

And i have made a new entry with his links.
Check it out: *www.technobeta.com/posts/new-ads-list-for-opera/
ssk_the_gr8
Jan 4, 2007 at 2:56 PM
hey i have no profiles folder
what to do
blueshift
blueshift #15
Jan 4, 2007 at 6:13 PM
^
Browse through your OS install partition correspondingly. You need to enable showing hidden system files from Folder Options.

G:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile
blackpearl
Jan 5, 2007 at 11:35 AM
The urlfilter.ini file is not present by default. First open any website with opera, click on Tools>Advanced>Block Contents and then block any ad or picture on the website. Once you do that the urlfilter.ini file will be generated. Now you can add the filter list to the file.

I've been using Opera for long and I love it. :)
L
Jan 5, 2007 at 6:18 PM
I don't think it is right to block ads for free services :(
ahref
ahref #19
Jan 7, 2007 at 9:56 PM
I already read the post in your blog. You are in my feedreader. Anyway no use for me as I do not use opera.
Akshay
Akshay #20
Jan 8, 2007 at 6:17 PM
Had been using adblock in firefox since long coz I didnt knw opera also has same feature... trying it out.. thnx all 4 useful info...