server blocking in opera?

Hi guys,

I use opera and I'm really satisfied with this browser. But I would like to know if this is possible: I would like to set opera so that it would refuse everything from some servers. For example I would set up porn.com, addbanner.cz and everyhting from this domains would be blocked. I know that I can use firewall for this thing or adblocker, but I wonder if I can do this thing directly in opera. I think that this can't be done, but I would like someone more experienced to correct me if I'm wrong:).

Thanx for your answers.

I don't use opera, but you may want to have a look here.

Also, if you're not aware... you can always manually block sites using your "hosts" file.

Example: You don't like to view ads from a certain website. For this example, its only approprite to use internet.com (there is an ad at the top of this reply window). Viewing the source, I can find that the ad is located at.

http://mjxads.internet.com

so, I open the hosts file (in NT its c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts or, in *nix, its /etc/hosts)

I can add the entry

127.0.0.1 http://mjxads.internet.com

Now, when the computer tries to pull it up, it'll look for it on my PC and won't be able to display... oh my! I better take that out! Some of those flash ads are so creative and makes me want to whip out my wallet!

Hhhmmm....what am I missing? I use Proxomitron and don't get/see any of the ads like that.

phishphreek80: Yeah! hosts is great idea! Thanx it's working fine...
moxnix: Nothing - I just wanted to know how to do this other way:).

phishphreek80: can wildcards be used with the hosts file e.g. http;//www.*.advertising.*.com/

moxnix: lol-yeah Proxomitron is tha shiznit :| btw, what language is used for the filter rules in Proxomitron. I can't seem to find any reference to this anywhere. I'd like to try writing a few of my own...

Thread is very old but I'll answer. You CANNOT use wildcards in hosts file.