Ad Blocking via CSS
- http://www.floppymoose.com/
- 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.
Ad Muncher
- http://www.admuncher.com/
- Shareware for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. Small, patch for common web browsers. Removes banners, buttons, popups.
Adzapper
- http://www.zaplet.org/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.
Guidescope
- http://www.guidescope.com/
- 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.
JunkBuster
- http://internet.junkbuster.com/
- 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.
PithHelmet
- http://culater.net/software/PithHelmet/PithHelmet.php
- 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.
Rabbit
- http://rabbit-proxy.sourceforge.net/
- 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.
Squid
- http://www.squid-cache.org/
- Freeware for Unix. Caching proxy which can block ads. You can also use squidGuard and SleezeBall to help do this.
WebMask
- http://www.flourish.org/webmask/
- Freeware program for Windows 95/98/NT4. Open source program to remove Web ads. No longer under development by author.