Opera

[netfox39]

Does anyone know how to forge ACPO (the files that control the ads) files in Opera?

Just replacing the URLs in the files doesn't seem to work.

[slapNUT]

You should quickly delete this post before a moderator sees it and gives you the lecture about using this forum for illegal actions.

You should go to one of those software cracking sites.

[netfox39]

It is just my curiosity! If I didn't want any ads I would block the 4 ip addresses I caught opera contacting when I started it up.

[Saptech]

If you like Opera so much, why don't you just buy it, that will get rid of the Ads! :D

[Manish]

Originally posted by slapNUT:
You should quickly delete this post before a moderator sees it and gives you the lecture about using this forum for illegal actions.


Hes right you know!!

[YaRness]

Originally posted by netfox39:
<STRONG>It is just my curiosity! If I didn't want any ads I would block the 4 ip addresses I caught opera contacting when I started it up.</STRONG>
4?!@#

(in windows) i've just got opera.com on my sblock.ini file in junkbuster, and all i ever see is the banner that says "click here to buy the FASTEST browser on earth!"

[slapNUT]

If you like Opera so much, why don't you just buy it, that will get rid of the Ads! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/biggrin.gif

I did but unfortunately I registered my Windows version. I told them I don't use Windows and wanted to register my Linux version. They said they would give me a discount to register my Linux version :mad:

[YaRness]

feck, like i'd pay three times (2 work locations and home) for something (a browser) that i can get free.

once maybe, if i decide i like the product enough, but thrice? &lt;MKIII&gt; Are you stuck on stupid? &lt;/MKIII&gt;

[netfox39]

Originally posted by YaRness:
<STRONG>all i ever see is the banner that says "click here to buy the FASTEST browser on earth!"</STRONG>

/usr/share/opera/images/operabanner.png by any chance :D it is quiet replacable if you want something else there.
I would list the 4 ip addresses you need to block opera from, but then the HALs will get really mad. I just blocked them in the outgoing portion of iptables and no ads, wow!

[YaRness]

oh brother.

that's "C:\Program Files\Opera\Images\banner.png" for the windows folks.

time to play...

[mcmanus69]

LoL, it's funny, tho... 'cuz they didn't mind when others told me the servers to block in /etc/hosts to get rid of LNO's own banners... ;)

I will hafta try that trick with Opera. The banners just take up way too much space. I think I will buy it, tho, when a final release version is out (no more beta tech. for me...)

[YaRness]

Originally posted by mcmanus69:
<STRONG>LoL, it's funny, tho... 'cuz they didn't mind when others told me the servers to block in /etc/hosts to get rid of LNO's own banners... ;)</STRONG>you do know you can run junkbuster (junkbuster.com i think) and block things like any domain that starts with ads.something, any url path that contains /banners/, and lots of stuff like that.

i never see banners for the most part, and when i do it's only once before i never see it again. junkbuster also blocks header cookies (though not javascript reads/writes. but you can tweak opera to block cookies in lots of ways).

[Frith]

If you don't want to see the ads, just use Mozilla. 1.0 is going to be released soon and 0.9.9 is incredibly stable and it works well in everyday usage.

Instead of cracking commercial software, why don't you guys just use free software that costs, well, $0, and doesn't require any hacking to make it work the way you want it to? :rolleyes:

While I don't exactly agree with everything the capitalists do, breaking the law to stick it to them isn't good either.

[YaRness]

Originally posted by Frith:
<STRONG>cracking commercial software</STRONG>running a web proxy (i didn't bother leaving the banner file name changed because opera seemed to pause a bit while it was looking for the file) == cracking software? i don't think so; my box only talks to servers i let it.

please feel free to point out where in the user agreement it says i can't use it with a web proxy.

what's really funny is it says YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS WHATSOEVER. OPERA SOFTWARE AS OR ITS SUPPLIERS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. YOU ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTING THE SOFTWARE TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS, AND FOR THE USE AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE SOFTWARE.which sounds to me like i can do any ****in thing i want to "achieve [my] intended results", but IANAL.

[Timothy L. Miller]

Originally posted by Frith:
<STRONG>If you don't want to see the ads, just use Mozilla. 1.0 is going to be released soon and 0.9.9 is incredibly stable and it works well in everyday usage.

Instead of cracking commercial software, why don't you guys just use free software that costs, well, $0, and doesn't require any hacking to make it work the way you want it to? :rolleyes:

While I don't exactly agree with everything the capitalists do, breaking the law to stick it to them isn't good either.</STRONG>

Because I don't like Mozilla/Konqueror/Internet Explorer/Netcrap 4.x/Net(even)crap(ier) 6.x...although I just live with the ads. With showing images only on main bar, the status bar is put under the buttons, so it's the same size as the adbar, so I lose no screen!! :)

[ 15 April 2002: Message edited by: Timothy L. Miller ]

[netfox39]

Opera ad servers

These first two it contacts when you start Opera for the first time ever, they correspond to rgs1.net and rgs2.net respectively
209.73.225.8
209.10.17.134

The next two are the ones it contacts for ads they are cms1.net and cms2.net
209.73.225.7
209.10.17.133

Personally I block them like this:
iptables -A OUTPUT -d &lt;foo&gt; -j DROP

[slapNUT]

Well I don't know if this violates any LNO ethics rules. Apparently no one cares if it does. I think were all on our own here for the most part.

Thanks for the IP's I'll be blocking them adds shortly... afterall I paid for that browser and still have to look at them blasted adds.