This document describes the development of an Adware Blocker application. The application will block unwanted adware in the form of pop-up and pop-under advertisements that appear when accessing websites. It will work by reading HTTP response packets, filtering out ad packets, parsing their URLs, checking a signature database to determine if they are valid or invalid, and blocking invalid packets from being displayed to the user. The application will be developed using C/C++, Java, and a MySQL database and will allow for predefined and user-defined blocking policies.

1. Adware BlockerSponsored by : Symantec CorporationBy : - SonalKamble (4622) - ChaitaliMagdum (4628) - Aditi Pantoji (4633) - Prajakta Pednekar (4637) External Guide: Internal Guide: Mr. Vikram Saurabh Mr. Harshad Wadkar 10/1/20101Adware Blocker

2. What is Adware ? Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays or downloads advertisements to a computer. Adware, by itself, is harmless however some adware may come with integrated spyware such as key loggers and other privacy-invasive software.Need of Adware Blocker Application: Adware Blocker application will be used to block Adware which can be in the form of Pop-up and Pop-under which we come across while accessing many websites.10/1/20102Adware Blocker

3. 10/1/2010Adware Blocker3 Project Problem Statement: Development Of Adware BlockerProject Problem Statement Description:Pop-up blocking application sits between client and server.

4. It sniffs the traffic and applies policies before rendering it to the client and the client will not be aware about this.

5. The policies applied should be based on predefined categories read by the application from database and user defined policies can also be added to it.

6. User defined policies can depend on certain predefined keywords and regular expressions. Predefined categories like bank, pornography, social media etc.Concept Diagram Of Adware Blocker Application10/1/20104Adware Blocker

7. Working Of Adware Blocker Application1.Read HTTP response packets coming from Web server.2.Filter out pop-up and pop-under packets from http response.3.Parse URL of pop-up and pop-under.4.Search for domain of URL.5.Send request to signature database to find whether packet is valid or invalid .6.Process HTTP response based on query from database Valid packets :-Allowed to enter into the client network . Invalid packets :- Blocked.10/1/20105Adware Blocker

8. Area/Domain: Internet Security Technologies to be used: C or C++ for application controller

9. jsp ( java server pages) for frontend

10. MySQL for database10/1/20106Adware Blocker

11. Learning Requirements:1.Languages: C or C++ for application controller.

12. Java for front end.

13. My SQL for Database.2.Operating System:Linux (RHEL or FC11).10/1/20107Adware BlockerDatabase

14. 3.Technical:Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).