From: "Gary Britt" 

It doesn't seem to block legitimate stuff as you put it.  Geo's host file
thing does seem to block some non-popup ads built into various websites.
For example the banner ad always at the top of drudge is blocked.  I don't
mind not getting those ads blocked.  Normal pictures that are part of a
website are not blocked.

Gary

"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
news:40cbb413.39339243{at}news.barkto.com...
> Will a 'best guess' do?  (I use NS7 with its popup blocker, so I've
> never actually used the 'hosts' file, only read about how it works).
> That said, my best guess is that an entry in the hosts file for
> zd.adserver.com *should* block their popups....but would also block
> any 'legitimate' content that might be on that site.  (I'm open to
> correction, here)
>
> doug
>
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:29:05 -0400, "Gary Britt"

> wrote:
>
> >Thanks Doug for clearing that up.  I was really getting confused because
I
> >use the google toolbar all the time.
> >
> >On a related note, I've been getting a lot of popup ads lately that the
> >google toolbar popup blocker wasn't blocking.  They open a small no name
> >window in the bottom right corner of the screen and then that window
turns
> >into a popup ad that isn't blocked by google's blocker.  At first I wrote
> >some macros in Macro Express to close these windows, but it wasn't as
fully
> >automatic and instantaneous as I wanted.  I notice today that most of
these
> >ads showed a title of http://zd.adserver.com/w......etc.  So I added
> >"adserver.com" to my restricted zone and customized the
settings to
disable
> >everything making it higher  than high security.  This included disabling
> >signed and considered safe scripts for anything in the restricted zone.
> >That knock wood seems to have eliminated these annoying popups.  Maybe I
> >should have tried an entry in the localhosts file.  Would that have
blocked
> >anything from adserver.com?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Gary
> >"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
> >news:40c901ba.971164{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> PMJI....nope.   Mike is pointing out that if you mis-type google and
> >> instead produce 'goggle.com' you hit a pop-up producing site.  (It
> >> took me a couple of reads of the thread before I figured it out  >> grin>
> >>
> >> doug
> >>
> >> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:32:16 -0400, "Gary Britt"

> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >You saying you point the url to 127.0.0.0 or something
like that, what
> >would
> >> >the localhost entry look like? Is Mike also saying that
Google toolbar
> >> >causes popups?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >Gary
> >> >
> >> >"Adam Flinton"
 wrote in message
> >> >news:40c8d349$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> >> Gary Britt wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Mike, sorry for the dumb question, but what
entry do you put in
the
> >> >hosts
> >> >> > file, and how does that work to stop their popups?
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Ref the name/url to localhost?
> >> >>
> >> >> Adam
> >> >>
> >> >> > Gary
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Mike N."
 wrote in message
> >> >> > news:a0igc0hl7d004mln7u5qqij0u1q4phn3c3{at}4ax.com...
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 08:21:36 -0400, Richard B.

> >> >> >
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>>If you goggle the name you can find out more.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>   goggle.com is owned by a multi-popupper. 
After the first time,
I
> >put
> >> >> >
> >> >> > an
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>entry in the hosts file to kill them....
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>

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