Experimental new ad blocker using machine learning to identify unwanted ads on pages and remove them. Use at your own risk!

Latest Version

Version
0.2
Update
December 6, 2016
Size
865KiB
Developer
Category
Users
412
Rating
4.36364 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Storage
UnlimitedStorage
Tabs
WebRequest
WebRequestBlocking
*://*/*
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Content-aware Ad Blocker Extension

Improved ad blocker using cutting-edge machine learning techniques to identify advertising and user tracking on websites and prevent the unwanted content from loading.

Still in early testing - use at your own risk!
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Content-aware Ad Blocker", "description": "Experimental new ad blocker using machine learning to identify unwanted ads on pages and remove them. Use at your own risk!", "version": "0.2", "icons": { "48": "icons/exticon.png", "96": "icons/exticon96.png", "128": "icons/exticon128.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": "icons/exticon.png", "default_popup": "src/popup.html" }, "background": { "scripts": ["src/parse_filters.js", "src/final_model.js", "src/url_model.js", "src/background.js"], "persistent": true }, "permissions": [ "storage", "unlimitedStorage", "tabs", "webRequest", "webRequestBlocking", "*://*/*" ], "web_accessible_resources": [ ]}
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How to download and manually install Content-aware Ad Blocker extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Content-aware Ad Blocker extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Content-aware Ad Blocker extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Content-aware Ad Blocker extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Content-aware Ad Blocker extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Content-aware Ad Blocker extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Content-aware Ad Blocker Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Content-aware Ad Blocker extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Content-aware Ad Blocker extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Content-aware Ad Blocker extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Content-aware Ad Blocker extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Content-aware Ad Blocker extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Content-aware Ad Blocker extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Content-aware Ad Blocker extension file

Select and download the Content-aware Ad Blocker extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Content-aware Ad Blocker extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Content-aware Ad Blocker extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Content-aware Ad Blocker extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Content-aware Ad Blocker extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Dr.Ne0Gen3tic (Forensic Buro of Quantum) (ID: 000000804fbaeac1) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/23/2023 I would really like it if such a "kind" of adblockers would be developed further or even more would use such "real" Machine Learning models like this one! Here a "real" Machine Learning model is used, this can be recognized first of all by the size and by the contained model, which is in the extension! A really highly interesting approach to blocking ads! It would have been cool if someone had taken up this idea to develop it further, possibly in the form of a "tracker and ad blocker". Probably only the computational effort to train this model is not in any relation to the "effect" of this model. This one is also a bit error-prone, but if you see from which year this extension is, namely from 2016, then you see that nowadays much more and more accurate models would be possible! That's a fact! Maybe sometime someone is so "intelligent" and pursues this approach further, I sincerely hope that this is so!

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Alex Merfie (ID: 00000027bec2707f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/07/2023 its a very great site. I work this extension in combination with traditional ad blocker, and it works great.

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Lissanro Rayen (ID: 00000047c24d3057) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/28/2022 This extension managed to block annoying ads by Yandex, which other ad blockers similar to uBlock Origin failed to block (it was nearly impossible to manually create reliable blocking rules). I work this extension in combination with traditional ad blocker, and it works great.

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Engin Rençber (ID: 000000012d082fa0) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 06/02/2021 It's working

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Le C (ID: 00000036df867039) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/12/2021 Some suggestions to the developer: I like the style of this adblocker, it's cool that it targets the js files more so than anything else, makes a good companion to those adblockers based on ublock origin. My suggestions for future updates would be: 01: Allow the adding of custom block lists by the user. 02: Allow the user to block js files that the addon currently doesn't doesn't block. 03: Add an option for the end user to send analytical data of block lists used and what they have blocked on each page, then it will hopefully allow you to tailor a non advanced version for users who don't mess with settings. You could add a logger window similar to ublock origin, so if say someone on facebook and the addon blocking all the static picture thumbnails, they can just enable them but still keep the ability to block everything else in the js file. But so far great work, love the concept and looking forward to seeing what you do next with it.