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jobleau · 10-26-2011, 03:27 AM

Hoverfly, most of your post is pretty dead on and everyone, everywhere (not only in the UK) hopefully should be aware of that.

I don't have time right now to go thru the details of that post but I will eventually.

But that said, there is one wonderful file that exist on all OS, called "host" that can fix most, if not all, of those issues. Find that file and manage it.

Make sure you have that line first (it should already be there). This defines your own personal machine on the big net:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Then, add this line below for any site you don't want. An example:

127.0.0.1 WhatEverTheFuckYouD'ontWant.com

Want to know more? Check this site: Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File

This site even offers a pre-configured host file with a lot of the bad sites already mapped. Simply replace yours with theirs.

Remember the old saying "There is no place like home"? Nowadays, you could say "There is no place like 127.0.0.1". That IP address is your PC's home on the net. Re-routing anything from the net to it will simply annihilate it.

10-26-2011, 03:27 AM	#4
jobleau Tiny Dick Ultimate User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Near Montreal, QC Posts: 560	Hoverfly, most of your post is pretty dead on and everyone, everywhere (not only in the UK) hopefully should be aware of that. I don't have time right now to go thru the details of that post but I will eventually. But that said, there is one wonderful file that exist on all OS, called "host" that can fix most, if not all, of those issues. Find that file and manage it. Make sure you have that line first (it should already be there). This defines your own personal machine on the big net: 127.0.0.1 localhost Then, add this line below for any site you don't want. An example: 127.0.0.1 WhatEverTheFuckYouD'ontWant.com Want to know more? Check this site: Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File This site even offers a pre-configured host file with a lot of the bad sites already mapped. Simply replace yours with theirs. Remember the old saying "There is no place like home"? Nowadays, you could say "There is no place like 127.0.0.1". That IP address is your PC's home on the net. Re-routing anything from the net to it will simply annihilate it.