adzapper

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# adzapper ad-removal software

adzapper is a software application that can block ads from being displayed on your web browser. Instead of ad banners, you see blank spaces: adzapper transforms the ads into transparent gifs- or filters them out entirely.

The rules that describe what are ads and what are not ads are called "zaplets", and are configurable on a per-website basis. This way, when websites change their ads or their graphic design, it is easy to build and share new zaplets that block the ads.

#### Platforms

adzapper has been tested on:

- Linux (RedHat 6.2)
- Windows NT 4.0 (SP3)
- Windows 98
- Windows 95

It should also work on any Unix platform that Python runs on.

#### Instructions

Please see Installing and About Adzapper for information on installing and using adzapper.

#### Downloading

Download adzapper for Linux or Unix:
To install adzapper on Linux or Unix, you will need Python. Most Linux systems have it; if you don't, get it here: http://www.python.org/

Download adzapper for Windows NT/98/95:
This is a self-installing executable that includes everything you will need to run it.

Here is what is new since the last release.

#### Announcements

Please note that the zaplet file format has changed again, as of adzapper-0.3.0.
Zaplets now use a completely XML-based file format. This format is incompatible with previous zaplet file formats. All zaplets in the current repository have been converted to this format. The current version of adzapper has a web-interface for editing XML zaplets and conversion programs for your existing zaplets.

There are now two email lists for related to adzapper:

- adzapper-announce, a low traffic list only for announcements of new adzapper releases and related issues. To subscribe, send mail to adzapper-announce-subscribe@egroups.com

- adzapper-dev, a list for discussion of adzapper development and new features. To subscribe, send mail to adzapper-dev-subscribe@egroups.com

  Here is my to-do list for adzapper.

  If you want to see how well adzapper works, here is a list of the Top 100 websites (as compiled by ZDNet).

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