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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?
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