So I have been getting extremely pissed off lately at internet advertising companies like doubleclick that always have their information stealing ads flashing in my face. So I started doing some research on how to get rid of these damn ads.

I came across a nice page that sums up how to use the hosts file to stop these ads from loading. I'm sure there are others who would like to know how to do this, so I am posting the link here. Enjoy.

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/spam/adblock.shtml