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Block Advertisements And Banners

Client Scenario​

Ads are annoying and intrusive (64%)

Ads are disruptive (54%)

Ads create security concerns (39%)

Ads affect load time and bandwidth usage (36%)

Security was the main reason for blocking of Ads. Blocking of Ads include quicker loading and cleaner looking web pages with fewer distractions, lower resource waste (bandwidth, CPU, memory, etc.).

Solution​

SafeSquid Secured web gateway (SWG) blocks all types of annoying ads and banners. So that you can save much bandwidth and access the web pages without any distractions.

Prerequisites​

HTTPS Inspection should be enabled in SafeSquid. If not enabled, you can check our document - How to enable HTTPS Inspection.

Access the SafeSquid User Interface​

click on configure in safesquid interface

click on search in access profiles

Search for "BLOCK ADVERTISEMENT " default policy

Edit policies and profiles to Enable as TRUE​

click on edit to edit that policy

selecting True in enabled

clicking on save to save the policy

Edit templates to Enable as TRUE​

this policy can also be enabled from the sidebar in templates of custom settings

selecting true in enabled

saving the policy by clicking on save

Access youtube to verify​

Try to access https://www.youtube.com/ you should get SafeSquid template instead of advertisements.

blocked template

note

You can replace the default template with your custom template.

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