My Opera browser used to block most ads, but for some reason I've been seeing alot of Google ads and adclick boxes on many sites.
I must have unchecked or removed something and can''t remember what it was. Maybe it was the trial version of Admunch I installed.
When it ran, Opera was great, but when I closed it, I saw alot of ads using the Opera browser. However, ever since I copied the adlists provided above, my pages load much faster and I no longer see 95% of the ads!
I just downloaded the Fanboy list, opened it in Notepad and noticed that Fanboy's list has these symbols shaped like a box before each url and the file isn't in list form. However, if I copied his list to Wordpad, the file was in list form and the asterisk wildcards appeared, and the box symbols disappeared. I then copied the Wordpad list and pasted the items in my Opera urlfilter.ini file, in the exclude section.
I spent some time with Adsweep today, but it won't work for me with Opera.
Followed through some of the links to the Adsweep developers blogs and such, and it seems to be one of these "works for some but not others" things. Would be interested to know if any others have tried it.
I just downloaded the Fanboy list, opened it in Notepad and noticed that Fanboy's list has these symbols shaped like a box before each url and the file isn't in list form. However, if I copied his list to Wordpad, the file was in list form and the asterisk wildcards appeared, and the box symbols disappeared. I then copied the Wordpad list and pasted the items in my Opera urlfilter.ini file, in the exclude section.
Fanboys list is already a urlfilter.ini file. No need to copy the entrys and than paste them into the excludes section. Just download Fanboy's list and place it as is in your Opera profile and it will replace your current urlfilter.ini file.
Yeah, another guy has taken up maintaining AdSweep. Unfortunately, since the release of Chrome extensions, I think AdSweep has started to fall behind new adblockers like AdBlock and AdThwart.