Yes, there are much better and newer ways to do it, but this is a free way
that I found works better than most ad on products and it doesn't cost CPU
cycles like some ad ons.
Note, I still use the ad ons as well, but I'm a 'belt and suspenders" guy
when it come to security and protection. 8>)
Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
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Re: [Shop-talk] Host file
Adblock works much better than a static hosts file. That's 1996
technology.
Eric
On 02/27/2013 12:49 PM, Peter Murray wrote:
> Tim-
>
> I use a plugin for Firefox called Adblock Plus. It works very well and
very
> transparently for me.
>
> Eric Petrevich (aka "Inch") had posted the below link to his hosts file
on
> 18-October 2012.
>
>
http://www.megageek.com/funstuff/fundoc.nsf/d601ad3d05e57888852566c00054521c/a60a238fb11251238525788c0044bcce?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,host
>
> I tried the link again just now, but couldn't connect to his site. The
DNS
> is working, but the shared server on which it is hosted is giving an
error.
>
> -Peter
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Tim <tputland@charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Someone on this list had provided a "dummy" host file that makes banner
>> adds not display. (I am totally wording this wrong) Anyway, can that
>> person please send it to me (agian)?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>> tim
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