Advertisment can be blocked with the Poshuku CleanWeb plugin. CleanWeb watches all the HTTP requests made and blocks those matching an entry in any installed ad filter. Just after installation CleanWeb doesn’t contain any ad filters, and they have to be installed manually for CleanWeb to work. Most filters are updated periodically (typically once in several days) to reflect new ad patterns.
Adding filters
Filters allow CleanWeb to understand what HTTP requests should be blocked. There are lots of already-existing filters. Some of them may fit you better, depending on your language and browsing habits.
Please avoid adding too much filters since that can degrade the performance of your browsing considerably.
There are two ways of adding filters.
Through CleanWeb settings
There is a package called Poshuku CleanWeb Subscriptions with the list of some popular filters in the LackMan. Install it though LackMan:
After that, go to CleanWeb settings, select Subscriptions tab and click Add:
There, select the subscriptions you want and click OK. That’s it!
The AdBlock+ subscriptions list
Since CleanWeb uses AdBlock+-compatible list format, you can just visit their page with the list of subscriptions. There, just click on the links near Subscribe: words, and the subscriptions would be added automatically.
Removing filters
To remove a filter, just go CleanWeb settings page, select Subscriptions tab, select the filter you’d like to remove and click Remove. That’s it!
Manual blocking
Some undesired elements may still be shown even after installing some filters. To block them, right-click the corresponding element and select Block image…. A dialog would pop up, where you can select blocking options:
There, you could customize the URL pattern to block, select whether it should be interpreted as a wildcard (with
*
and ?
symbols) or a regexp. You can also specify whether the item will be blacklisted or whitelisted, whether the matching should be case-sensitive, and on what domains the filtering should be explicitly enabled or disabled.If you later change your mind and decide to unblock the item, just go to CleanWeb settings, select the User filters tab and remove your filter.
Blocking Adobe Flash
Flash elements could also be blocked. If blocking is enabled, Flash won’t be loaded by default. Instead it will be replaced with a button allowing you to load only desired Flash clips.
To enable Flash blocking, go to CleanWeb settings, select FlashOnClick tab and select the checkbox. That’s it!