Poppapete 104 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ads never used to bother me but they seem to be all intrusive and very "alive" these days. Interested to know how others are tackling this problem or even if it is seen as a problem. I know someone has to pay for many of our favourite sites BUT! Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 AdBlock Plus in my browser, and Sophos UTM handles a lot of it as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Poppapete 104 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Sophos UTM handles a lot of it as well. Be interested to know what settings you use in Sophos to reduce ads. I have done some research and am worried I may block too much. Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 84 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Would be interested in the same. Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Be interested to know what settings you use in Sophos to reduce ads. I have done some research and am worried I may block too much. The web filter. I'ts not as advanced as stuff like adblock, but you can block domains and sub domains. The Astaro forums have a couple of good links. Here is a list for blocking ads via the web filter: https://www.astaro.org/gateway-products/web-protection-web-filtering-application-visibility-control/51150-speeding-up-webbrowsing-blocking-advertisers-trackers.html You may want to delete some domains (like disqus.com if you post on blogs a lot) Here is a master list of excerpts for the web filter (as it may break functionality for some services, like netflix) https://www.astaro.org/gateway-products/web-protection-web-filtering-application-visibility-control/37541-master-list-web-exceptions.html Link to post Share on other sites
Poppapete 104 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 The web filter. The Astaro forums have a couple of good links.Here is a list for blocking ads via the web filter: https://www.astaro.org/gateway-products/web-protection-web-filtering-application-visibility-control/51150-speeding-up-webbrowsing-blocking-advertisers-trackers.html You may want to delete some domains (like disqus.com if you post on blogs a lot) Here is a master list of excerpts for the web filter (as it may break functionality for some services, like netflix) https://www.astaro.org/gateway-products/web-protection-web-filtering-application-visibility-control/37541-master-list-web-exceptions.html Yes, that's the post that scared me. The easy part is already initiated on my sophos, I think by default. It's the 3rd step that worries me. I will install AdBlock plus. I have used before but it seems to have been "lost" either in browser or OS updates. We are having a State election here in Queensland next Saturday and some guy called Palmer with lots of money puts an Ad on every website (any where in the world) that anyone who appears to live in the State visits. Must be costing him a fortune. I'm sick of it. I need to setup an VPN and appear to be coming from Eritrea then no one will want to sell me anything. Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Even out of box, Sophos blocks a lot of ads.... So just set up the web filter to block those. Then yo ucan additional stuff listed there, if wanted. you can always delete the stuff as needed.... Or as guide recommends, inspect the elements of the web page and block the top level domains for the ad servers. And the biggest issue is what works for one person doesn't work for everyone. Link to post Share on other sites
GavinCampbell 18 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I'm also a fan of adblock plus. I use it in firefox. I recently uninstalled it and realized how much it really did block. The amount of things throwing up popups is rediculous these days. Link to post Share on other sites
oj88 136 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Also using Adblock Plus with Firefox on clients that supports it. I know Untangle also has a specific module using the same adblock engine. I went for the more dirty approach with pfSense. One disadvantage I've seen with pfSense's implementation is that it can't block ads that are using https/SSL. The good news is (if you call it that), it only accounts for a relatively small number of ad domains. Link to post Share on other sites
awraynor 98 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 How timely. I literally just reinstalled ABP. I know ads are necessary, but they've become so bad that it slows your browsing speed to a glacial pace. Link to post Share on other sites
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