On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:14:24 -0500, "Ellen MacArthur"
wrote:


"Goofball_star_dot_etal" wrote
No, but you could try this....
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

I downloaded the zip file and extracted them. But, I looked in the folder where my hosts file
was supposed to be but there was just a tiny 1 kb file called hosts. There was a sample hosts and
a couple more. I opened the hosts file with notepad and this is all that's in it.

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

If I put the big one full of all the ad websites in its place it still won't do any good unless it has
the domain for the ads I'm getting. I did the "find" thing for sysip but it came up negative. So the
domain http://cv.sysip.net is fake. I tried to find it on ARIN and it said it didn't exist and was
available for sale.
So, what if I just add this domain into my host file like this.

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 http://cv.sysip.net # pain in the butt pop up ads from ISP

Will it stay there or does Windows write a new hosts file every time it opens? And where's my hosts file?
XP can't change names to numbers with my hosts file because there's none in there. I don't understand this.
The one I pasted up there must not be it.


I only tried it for the first time last night with one address to
block some of the ads that have spoilt yahoo mail and it worked after
some fiddling.

Just add the line
127.0.0.1 http://cv.sysip.net # pain in the butt pop up
ads from ISP
as you say to the file windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts (for XP)
using notepad and reboot. You may need to delete the IE cache -
ToolsInternet optionsgeneralDelete temporary
files..etc.deletetemporary intenet filesdelete. (IE7)

The problem I had was that windows XP would not let me rename or save
the file hosts. This can be locked by various programs that I have
such a Spybot. In my case I had to unistall ZoneAlarm to get at the
file.

Hosts stays there and is loaded at boot. There is a utility on the
page I gave that can swap between a hosts file that blocks ads and the
standard one that does not.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Rename

Sam Spade gives the DNS of http://cv.sysip.net as 64.127.103.40 if
you want to block it another way.

Cheers.