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Fri 2006-01-06

Blocking web ads with a hosts file

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— daniel @ 12:30

An old tip, but a goodie… if you don’t like working with popup blockers (or they’re not doing the job for you) grab hold of a hosts file that stops ads displaying, by fooling your computer about where the ad servers are.

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Firefox says:

Wed 2006-01-18 at 17:08

Blocking Web Ads With A Hosts File

A goodie, indeed….

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