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Block Sites using wildcards
Hi Can I use wildcards to block links that containts with the word "ads" (eg. ads.* , ads*.* , ads.*.*) ? Sal
It's an unwinnable battle to block ads on the router using hand-entered keywords. To give you an idea of the enormity of the problem, consider the biggest filter list used by uBlock Origin (https://easylist.github.io/easylist/easylist.txt). This list contains over 65,000 lines.
How are you expecting ads to be seen other than through a browser?
It is keyword blocking so it doesnt matter if you put wildcard. It will block the sites with that keyword anyways.
If the site(s) use HTTPS your're hosed, Netgear cannot block encrypted sites.
@searay wrote:If the site(s) use HTTPS your're hosed, Netgear cannot block encrypted sites.
Yeah I know, but I am trying to block ads on all networked computers, just don't want to install ads remover on all PCs, although this type of software doesn't completely removes all ads & crap you don't want.
Parental Control I don't think it removes all ads and other garbage.
Sal