Simple DIY filter entries

[driesman]

I use EasyFilter but add my own simple filter entries by merging the best hosts file block lists and then extracting additional entries.
The text formatting of the merged hosts file is reduced to single spaces (no tabs and no space between the end of lines and carriage return either) and all comments are removed. All dupes are then wiped by sorting. PsPad is used to do it all fast.
A word frequency indexer (Textstat) is then used to identify all dot-delimited entries which occur most frequently in the url's of the master hosts file.
I've found that you need about 400 simple keyword entries to block most ads and probably all adservers worldwide.
Questions:
* Does Adblock Plus have the ability to block all dot-delimited filter entries (any word or string which appears between dots in a url) without using regex to cope with entries like ad and ads?
* Speed tests with the add-on Lori indicates that Adblock Plus is not simply hiding ads but blocking them at source. Is this correct?
Note:
I find it difficult to line up filter entries with the number of hits. A fine display underline would be an improvement.

[Stupid Head]

Yes to the first question, but of course, each filter needs to be on its own line. ABP blocks the request for an ad so it doesn't download load them at all.

[Wladimir Palant]

I didn't quite understand the first question but the answer to the second one is certainly yes.