To make everything easy, the maker creates a bat file to automatically replace your hosts file. Download the MVPS hosts file from the link below:.So follow these steps if you want to block ads. You can find the file in: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ (C is your system drive). Just a side note, because this is a system component, it will affect the entire system, including other browsers, not only Edge.
And thankfully, someone already made this list for us. Everything you need to do is reroute the ads providers’ address to 0.0.0.0. This basic idea is how we’re going to block ads with hosts file. For example, I can block Facebook by this line in hosts file: “0.0.0.0 ” It literally says hey computer, when someone or something requests “,” please send them to “0.0.0.0” Since “0.0.0.0” is a IP address considered my own device, sending something to 0.0.0.0 won’t go anywhere. You only add specific sites that you want to reroute to the hosts file. In plain language, it’s a system file that tells your computer where to go when you enter a web address. Switch off the toggle “Use Adobe Flash Player”įirst, you may want to know what “hosts” file does.Scroll down and click “Advanced Settings” button.Click the ellipsis button on that top right and select Settings.I disabled Flash for a long time and have noticed almost nothing different in term of functions. Disabling Flash will take out some annoying ads. While ads nowadays also mostly in HTML5 but a large number of them still in Flash form. Even Adobe now recommends using HTML5 instead of Flash. While waiting for Edge’s extensions, I’ll show you how to use Hosts file as a way to block ads. Ads blocking has become an important thing and for laptop/tablet users, it’s crucial because these ads are eating away your battery. And no extensions means no ads blocking at this time.
Now the feature is pushed further into early 2016. Microsoft promised it would come shortly after the July launch of Windows 10. However, one thing that keep people from changing to Edge is the lack of extension.
On the speed test front, Edge now on par with or sometime faster than its competitors. It’s a browser built from scratch with new UI, new engine and many other promising things. Microsoft Edge comes out as a promise to finally end the bad era of Internet Explorer.
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