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2. AdNauseam - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdNauseam

   AdNauseam is a free and open-source web browser extension that blocks Internet ads while automatically simulating clicks on them. [3] Created in 2014 by Daniel Howe, Helen Nissenbaum, and Mushon Zer-Aviv, [1] [4] the software is a digital rights advocacy project that counters surveillance and data profiling employed by online advertising networks.

3. Pi-hole - Wikipedia

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   Pi-hole makes use of a modified dnsmasq called FTLDNS, [13] cURL, lighttpd, PHP and the AdminLTE Dashboard [14] to block DNS requests for known tracking and advertising domains. The application acts as a DNS server for a private network (replacing any pre-existing DNS server provided by another device or the ISP ), with the ability to block ...

4. DNS sinkhole - Wikipedia

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   One example of blocking malicious domains is to stop botnets, by interrupting the DNS names the botnet is programmed to use for coordination. [8] Another use is to block ad serving sites, either using a host's file-based sinkhole [9] or by locally running a DNS server (e.g., using a Pi-hole). Local DNS servers effectively block ads for all ...

5. Ad blocking - Wikipedia

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   At the beginning of 2018, Google confirmed that the built-in ad blocker for the Chrome/Chromium browsers would go live on 15 February: [54] this ad blocker only blocks certain ads as specified by the Better Ads Standard [55] (defined by the Coalition for Better Ads, in which Google itself is a board member [56]). This built-in ad blocking ...

6. DNS hijacking - Wikipedia

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   DNS hijacking, DNS poisoning, or DNS redirection is the practice of subverting the resolution of Domain Name System (DNS) queries. [1] This can be achieved by malware that overrides a computer's TCP/IP configuration to point at a rogue DNS server under the control of an attacker, or through modifying the behaviour of a trusted DNS server so that it does not comply with internet standards.

7. AdGuard - Wikipedia

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   The browser extension blocks video ads, interstitial ads, floating ads, pop-ups, banners, and text ads. [3] It is also able to handle anti-AdBlock scripts. [4] AdGuard blocks spyware and warns users of malicious websites. AdGuard Content Blocker is an additional browser extension for Yandex Browser and Samsung Internet, which uses Content ...