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  1. April 22nd, 2004, 03:37 PM #1
    pbass
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    Lightbulb Blocking Ads and Pop-ups

    i found an excellent page on how to block most pop-up ads and banners. it also helps save bandwidth and is updated periodically.

    it works by adding entries to your hosts file (everyone has one wheter its *nix , M$, or Apple). Your computer by default looks to the hosts file before it contacts a DNS server to find an ip address for a web page. the hosts file entry has url's for thousands of ads and redirects them to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0.

    instructions are simple and are are avalaible on the website.

    http://www.ssmedia.com/utilities/hosts/
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  2. April 23rd, 2004, 05:16 PM #2
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    Download Firefox from Mozilla.org, it offers pop-up blocking as well, works nice too.
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