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OT // Browser bridge ads
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
reenews.net... "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. Cheers, Ellen You did something wrong. 1. Extract the zip files to a new folder. There will be five files in the new folder. 2. Double click mvps.bat This will install the new hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc 3. The file will be 514k 4. add any url's you want to block. -- jlrogers±³© |
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"jlrogers±³©" wrote You did something wrong. 1. Extract the zip files to a new folder. There will be five files in the new folder. 2. Double click mvps.bat This will install the new hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc 3. The file will be 514k 4. add any url's you want to block. Thanks, but I didn't do anything yet other than look at the files with notepad. I don't need a bazillion ads blocked. I don't mind most ads. I just can't stand the bridge ads that come up for ten seconds at a time when I navigate from one web page to another. When they come up I right click them and the properties say they are from cv.sysip.net but that domain doesn't exist according to ARIN. So somehow they're faking it. I don't think I'll do the batch file thing and substitute the very large hosts file from the zip file for the one I have. I'll just let the computer get the translations from my ISPs DNS server ( I just read in an article I googled that's how its done if your hosts file is itty bitty). But I do want to block the cv.sysip.net so it stops the bridge ads. It looks to me all I have to do is edit the host file I already have in the etc. folder with notepad and just add one more line after the one that says: 127.0.0.1 localhost. So it would look like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost. # stuff I added 127.0.0.1 cv.sysip.net # pain in the butt pop up ads from ISP That should do it, shouldn't it. Cheers, Ellen |
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"jlrogers±³©" wrote Yes, if the file is in the right place. I run the mvps host with all the included blocks. Works great. See below for info on cv.sysip.net = [ 64.127.103.40 ] big snipperoo Thanks for all the info. I wonder why my ARIN link couldn't find it? Maybe my ISP's DNS redirects to a bogus ARIN to try to keep people from finding out about cv.sysip.net????? Hmmmm, and the plot gets deeper.... Makes you think maybe what they're doing is illegal. Cheers, Ellen |
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