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Google Says It Killed 780 Million 'Bad Ads' In 2015 (cio.com)
itwbennett writes: According to a new Google report, the search giant disabled more than 780 million "bad ads," including include ads for counterfeit products, misleading or unapproved pharmaceuticals, weight loss scams, phishing ploys, unwanted software and "trick-to-click" cons, globally last year. This marks a 49 percent increase over 2014. For perspective, it would take an individual nearly 25 years to look at the 780 million ads Google removed last year for just one second each, according to Google. If the trend continues, Google's team of more than 1,000 staffers dedicated to killing spam will be even busier in 2016, and they could disable more than a billion junky ads.
I bet I killed at least that many by installing AdBlock.
Ask me how the Heisenberg Principle may or may not have saved my life.
780M? That's nothing. I've killed *all* ads, years ago...
Let's face it, when you set up a mini-economy based on selling ads, people are going to take advantage of it. Google is paying less per impression because the ads are less effective in actually selling products. That sets up a clickbait economy that rewards the type of spammy products and scams that Google is now trying to filter out. When do we admit the whole thing is a house of cards that's totally over-valued in the market?
...did it deliver? :-)
The only good ads are dead ads, so these 780 million are arguably better than the ones that Google spared.
including include ads for counterfeit products
You do know typos make the site look stupid and unprofessional, right? But you just don't care?
Posted by timothy
Never mind.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
I tried Firefox recently, after many years of using Chrome, and I was very surprised when Firefox started showing me "sponsored" tiles on the new tab page!
The problem with this is two-fold:
1) Firefox built the ads right into the browser.
2) Firefox labeled them as "sponsored" instead of being honest and labeling them what they are: advertisements.
I hear that they've come to their senses and are going to remove these ads, but the damage has still been done.
How the hell can I trust Mozilla and Firefox after this debacle?
How the hell could they have been so stupid as to build ads right into Firefox, especially when so many Firefox users use ad blocking extensions?!
I know they need revenue, but doing this was totally unacceptable, and that fact should have been obvious from the start.
I think that these ads built right into Firefox have completely ruined Firefox's reputation.
I download a number of mods for a popular open source game for members of the family. The mods are hosted on adfly and this site does a very poor job getting ride of malicious ads. There are literally four or five 'Download' buttons that try to trick users into clicking on them to download the hosted file. A person in the family accidentally did this once and it resulted in installing four malvertizing programs. I wold highly recommend using an ad blocker.
if you fail to pay in you disappear
In other words, about 10% of them.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
In other words, about 10% of them.
And Google made a lot of money from the other 90%.
Assuming that more than 1,000 staffers means 1,500 staffers.
24.7336377473 years * 365.25 days/year = 9033 days
9033/1500 = 6.022 (days for each staff member to clear all ads if it takes a second, or 144.528 hours)
Assuming 240 work days per year, eight hours per day, i.e. 1920 hours of work time per year per staff member.
They're dedicated to this task, so we can work out how many seconds they have per ad: 1920/144.528 = 13.3 seconds.
Captcha: teletype
I still see plenty of ads diverting people who look for popular open source applications from the official sites to some scammer's site, where they at best only get shown more ads, but more likely get infected with a trojan horse. It does not matter how many bad ads Google kills. What matters is how many they don't kill.
just add www/ssl.google-analytics to hosts file.
Google is stellar at dumping crap adds yes: but what about all the search engine wanabee spam bot malicious search aggregating sites that are starting to top get at the top of the google results? The majority of the so called "search aggregating" sites are nothing but idiotic spam bots! They jump on your searches and send you to click bait trash sites.
This is the big problem with the net and why targeted searches will eventually fail. It all started with the so called "web masters" assholes that couldn't put up with people leaving sites and started using javascript garbage pop up techniques to trick and hose the user into staying on a site. THIS BULLSHIT HAS TO BE CASTRATED AND PUT OFF THE INTERNET somehow and soon. If there are no standards in refusing to host the assholes spam based "web master" sites, then very soon the net will become useless for: but not exclusive of, important functions like search, IMO. Who knows maybe BING will win the battle by finding a decent way to castrate the spam aggregating search bots effectively.
This is why the use of adblockers is exploding. Annoyance is one thing. Outright fraud and malware is another. When maybe 10% or more of ads are dangerous in some way, a person that browses 50 pages in a day, each with multiple ads will be exposed at least once, if not much more often to potential junk.
These aren't just shady overseas viagra and porn sites either, it is coming from mainstream sites. My local news station's website was delivering an ad that targeted nexus users with a scam that replaced their news page.
I am just afraid we will see lot's of good content die with the ad networks.
Silence is a state of mime.
Definitely!
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
The harder people push back against ads, the more arrogant and "Fuck You" the advertisers become. It's really getting to the point where finding information on the internet is looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack because of all the advertising pitfalls, page rank gaming, etc.. and the search engines simply aren't up to the task of sorting out what you need anymore. It's all noise.
My effective, useful Internet has shrunk to about five websites. Every time I open the door to another website it seems I spend about 5 minutes waiting for it to render, then I have to update AdBlock to block all the invasive advertising, because the advertisers are desperately trying to end run around blocking. Shutting down all JavaScript speeds things up, but breaks a lot of sites. And when I finally find the information, I find that it is incomplete, un-cited, low quality.
I'm really starting to wonder whether having internet is truly indispensable. I could text instead of email, go to the bank in person, get information out of dead tree books. I would miss Slashdot as it is an outlet for my snarkiness, but I could just be snarky to my wife (that's what they're for, right?).
Left MS Windows for Linux Mint and never looked back!
Vote for Bernie in 2016!
Yep, I noticed that. I am running an ad for my (very small, independent) software product. It's essentially a hobby - sales are barely break-even with related hosting, and AdWords bring about half. I don't have much time to deal with AdWords so ads are mostly fixed. Occasionally (about once a year) I shuffle a few words in the text. Sometime early this year I did that again - and suddenly my ads were blocked "due to policy violation". Automated email requires you to review policy and edit ads for compliance - but there is no policy as such (at least nothing is clearly explained in writing). So I did my best guessing what they may want, edited ads again and resubmitted - same result. I re-edited the ads to original text, resubmitted - and at that point my ads were blocked again and then my entire AdWords account was blocked for "repeated violations"
Through that time I attempted to contact AdWords support through online form (they don't expose direct email). I received several pointless replies - none of which directly answered my questions. Once account was blocked - I started calling. Most calls end up in the Indian call center, where reps seem to have neither desire nor ability to help, nor do they know what the actual rules are. I've been given several (perhaps 6?) different versions of what needs to be changed in the ad, on the web site and in the product itself. Examples include - "put EULA directly on the download page", "provide product removal instructions on the download page" (mind you, product removal instructions are - "drag application into the trash folder", quite literally). My favorite was a demand to "provide direct email for users to email my support on the download page", this is from AdWords that go to great lengths to hide their own email and allow only un-trackable contact through the web site. For comparison, I run a proper support ticket system - but there was no convincing them.
As far as I could tell, Indian associates had no authority to deal with issues whatsoever and themselves had to contact a 3rd party (with unknown degree of authority) for answers or clarifications. Even when I made required changes, and resubmitted account for review (as they suggested) - either nothing happened at all or an automated message would come a few days later restating account and/or ad blocking for "policy violations". The cycle of response was running at 1 week per question.
In parallel, to provide at least some visibility, I had to put ads on Bing. That's a whole another story, but suffice it to say - Bing payment vs. click rates did not make sense and I had to stop in about a month.
The final demand was to put the name of actual software package into the ad. Back 8 years ago when I started, I picked a fairly long name for a product - it seemed fun at the time. Putting that name into character-limited ad would leave no space to say anything useful about the software. I suggested that software name could be placed in the URL (which normally references company name, they are similar but not the same). Customer reps. stated that this is not going to help - the name must be in the text. Nevertheless, I decided to try. I registered a new domain that matched software name and resubmitted the ad. As soon as I did - ad was approved and remains so.
I suspect that through the entire process there was no connection at all between the (likely automated) review of ads and customer service. Ads marked as "bad" are probably left in that state forever, regardless of advertisers actions. By the time I changed the url either the giant push to "remove bad ads" was over or something's changed in automated rating, so the "new" ad passed. Curiously, ads for competing products (same industry, same type of software) ran unimpeded throughout the entire period, even though they do not comply with any of the requirements that were given to me. Perhaps they were smart enough to make no changes to ads during that time :)
In conclusion - I am sure a V-level manager at Google reported
Good job Google, keep it up, your business model depends on it.
So if somebody built a browser that gave the user control of this stuff, what would happen?
a) Everybody would flock to it and the web would be forced to follow suite
or
b) No site would be willing to run on it and it would die.
I want to disable all these stupid "dynamic HTML" ads. I also don't want to video ads because even if they're not auto-playing they could be pre-loading the video file in the background, wasting bandwidth.
"...killed 780 million bad ads"
So they got about 10% of them, is that what they're saying?
It's nice to know, but it's not really a problem for me, since I use Adblock and Noscript.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
No mention of "politically unreliable" messages having gone missing. Yet.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
With my Ad Blocker.
See screenshot.
There a non-bad ads?
Assorted stuff I do sometimes: Lemuria.org
that they serve in front of the top-ranking sites that you actually searched for? Including the spam advertiser links they seve above their own pages when you search for "Google Hangouts"? Google is nothing but another spamware / malware company these days. They have animation and popups on their homepage. They have gone to shit.
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
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Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
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ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
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Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
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Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
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&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
See subject: For the BEST custom hosts file-> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
See subject: For the BEST custom hosts file -> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
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* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
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FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
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It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
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SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
See subject: For the BEST custom hosts file-> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
See subject: For the BEST custom hosts file -> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
See subject: Glad to see you use hosts too along w/ ~200++ or so others here I know of - they work (better, faster, & more efficiently than browser addons + with more abilities for more speed, security, reliability & anonymity).
* :)
I merely made a program for sorting, deduplicating, & populating a hosts with protective + speed adding data for users to empower them to do so EASILY as possible - for bringing it "to the masses" in GUI form...
However:
I never "made an issue of it": That's what trolls around here have done, not I, but to their own dismay & failure vs. myself...
APK
P.S.=> ... Since hosts do FAR more w/ FAR less resources consumed, using what you already natively have present in your IP stack operating in faster kernelmode vs. slower usermode for addons? I "spank them" easily based on those facts every single time!
... apk
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home.
It not ONLY fixes DNS' many security issues, it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have per my subject above!
Firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend".
APK
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk