[buug] Block Ads w/o Extra Software

[Zeke Krahlin]

This tidbit from my FreeNetCubs board:

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BLOCK ADS WITHOUT EXTRA SOFTWARE!!!
Posted by Borisse on 7/14/2000
IP: 194.170.168.228

This is a simple but elegant way to block adds from showing up in your
browser. All you do is make some manipulations to the so-called 'hosts'
file. No extra software is needed. 

Please visit these sites for instructions: 

http://accs-net.com/hosts/howto.html 

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

To summarize, all you do is enter the domain names of the ad servers in
the form '127.0.0.1 ad.server.domain.name' into your hosts file, which is
/etc/hosts in linux (or for you Microsoft luzers it's Windows 95/98
c:\windows\hosts and Windows NT/2000 c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts).
(If you are using a proxy, enter 127.0.0.1 also into the 'bypass proxy for
which addresses' in Netscape properties). 

Basically, for whatever sites are listed in your 'hosts' file after
127.0.0.1, your computer thinks these sites reside on your local machine,
so IT DOES NOT LOOK THEM UP ON THE INTERNET. 

Whoever thought of this techniqe is a fucking GENIUS! I just tried it in
Linux and it works like a charm!! Again, there is no need for extra
software with this technique!!!

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