Advoid is now in extras + downloads

Advoid uses a downloaded file of adservers from www.mvps.org to amend your systems hostfile. This results in total blockage of any access to these servers. Not only will this block adverts within any browser, it will block access to these servers from any program using URLs and not direct IPs.

There are probably bugs

Please report any found here

Any suggestions, bugfixes, code improvements ( desperately needed ) gratefully recieved.

Rick

Edit: As YoDude correctly pointed out. This program will need the python2.5-runtime in order to work.

Also, I should mention that it comes with a reasonably up-to-date adserver file so there is no immediate need to download another.

Once 'Update System' has been used you probably do not need to run this prog again untill ( or if ) you find any adservers not covered by the current file. You can then either try a new download or add to your personal file.

The program saves your original hosts and when 'Update System' is pressed/clicked it concatenates the original with any personal and then the adserver file and copies to your hostfile.

You should always be able to 'Revert to Default' putting your hostfile back as it was initially before running this program.

There is now a settings screen allowing file loading chunksize, some fontsize settings, enable credit and full screen on loading + 3 different hostfile sources. In filelist display screens use +/- keys for font size.

I don't know about Windows or Mac ( don't use em ) but this works fine on Debian based Linux as well.