Web Directory

» Ad Blocker for IE
   Blocks all forms of advertising.
   http://www.ie7pro.com/ad-blocker.html

» Ad Blocking via CSS
   How to use CSS rules to block ads. The technique works for any Gecko-based browser and for Apple's browser, Safari.  It even works with the Thunderbird mail client.
   http://www.floppymoose.com/

» Ad Extinguisher
   Freeware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000. Small proxy that blocks banner ads and some web bugs, also freezes animated gifs.
   http://www.bhatt.id.au/adext/

» Ad Filtering programs
   A list of advert filtering applications.
   http://www.flourish.org/adremove/

» Ad Muncher
   Shareware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. Small, patch for common web browsers. Removes banners, buttons, popups.
   http://www.admuncher.com/

» AdSubtract
   Freeware and commercial versions for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000. Runs in browsers java virtual machine and kills ads and cookies, slowish.
   http://www.intermute.com/products/adsubtract.html

» AdsCleaner
   Ad stopper and pop up blocker with additional features. Commercial. Windows NT/2000/XP.
   http://www.adscleaner.com/

» Adzapper
   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.
   http://www.zaplet.org/adzapper/

» Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
   Free for all platforms. A hosts file that blocks most major advertisers, parasites, hijackers and unwanted search engines.
   http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

» Cut the Crap (CTC)
   Freeware for Unix/Linux. Proxy-like open-source daemon written in Python to filter out ads for dialup users.
   http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ckotso/CTC/

» Gorilla Design Studio Presents: The Hosts File
   Free for all platforms. A hosts file for blocking the hostnames of major advertisers.
   http://accs-net.com/hosts/

» Guidescope
   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.
   http://www.guidescope.com/

» Internet Watcher
   Commercial software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. Ad remover, automatically configures browser, and comes in five European languages.
   http://www.internetwatcher.com/

» JunkBuster
   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.
   http://internet.junkbuster.com/

» PithHelmet
   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, Shockwave or midi loops.
   http://culater.net/software/PithHelmet/PithHelmet.php

» Rabbit
   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.
   http://rabbit-proxy.sourceforge.net/

» Squid
   Freeware for Unix. Caching proxy which can block ads. You can also use squidGuard and SleezeBall to help do this.
   http://www.squid-cache.org/

» Web Ad Blocking Under Linux/Unix, BeOS, MacOS and Windows
   Step-by-step instructions on how to block advertisements.
   http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/spam/adblock.shtml

» WebFilter
   Freeware for Unix. Web advertising filter based on Cern's httpd web server.
   http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/NoShit/

» WebMask
   Freeware program for Windows 95/98/NT4. Open source program to remove Web ads. No longer under development by author.
   http://www.flourish.org/webmask/

» gozer.org: Mozilla: Ad Blocking
   How to use Mozilla and Firefox to create custom CSS rules to hide certain elements based on their attributes and values.
   http://www.gozer.org/mozilla/ad_blocking/

» hpHOSTS
   Freely downloadable community managed hosts file for ad and malware site blocking.
   http://hosts-file.net/

» nobanner
   Freeware for Unix/Linux. Web proxy written in Perl which rewrites HTML on the fly to remove ads.
   http://cornvalley.peak.org/nobanner/