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LordShard Cadet
Joined: April 28, 2005 Posts: 140
| Posted: 2005-06-11 05:33  
Anyone else getting popups made to go around browser built in popup blocker from media*.fastclick.net ?
It is really pissing me off. I added about 50 lines to my host file dedicated to servers I know they are using to give me popups and ones I am guessing since they all use the same naming scheme.
media##.fastclick.net
Can you use wildcards in your hostfile? I sure hope so... I want to permabanzor that site from my PC. It is pissing me off so bad! Kill that site! Kill it I say! >:( We should all gather around and send malformed ICBM packets at their servers. >:(
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LordShard Cadet
Joined: April 28, 2005 Posts: 140
| Posted: 2005-06-11 05:45  
O PS, incase you didn't notice. I REALLY hate popups.
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Shigernafy Admiral
Joined: May 29, 2001 Posts: 5726 From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2005-06-11 05:55  
Are you using Firefox?
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Maskerade Grand Admiral Galactic Navy
Joined: March 21, 2002 Posts: 638 From: Canada
| Posted: 2005-06-11 10:12  
Spybot and Adaware catch fastclick alot. I run both all the time.
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Xpli$it Marshal
Joined: March 06, 2004 Posts: 486 From: Canada
| Posted: 2005-06-11 10:50  
Yes get spybot, but not ad-aware.... if you want my personal opinion
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Bobamelius Grand Admiral Galactic Navy
Joined: October 08, 2002 Posts: 2074 From: Ohio
| Posted: 2005-06-11 10:53  
Spybot, AdAware, Firefox with Adblock. Your ad problems will be solved forever.
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_x$witchBladex_ [1.480 Fanboy] Grand Admiral
Joined: February 26, 2003 Posts: 849 From: Upstate New York
| Posted: 2005-06-11 10:55  
Firefox and spybot catch it all for me.
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Barthezzz Fleet Admiral
Joined: May 31, 2001 Posts: 5630 From: The Netherlands
| Posted: 2005-06-11 11:17  
Firefox alone does the trick...
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BackSlash Marshal Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003 Posts: 11183 From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2005-06-11 11:24  
Barth, im catching up on you!
Firefox 4tw btw.
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LordShard Cadet
Joined: April 28, 2005 Posts: 140
| Posted: 2005-06-11 13:19  
I'm using Opera. It doesn't support active X, and I have spybot with both teatimer and that other thing turned on. I have MS antispyware beta installed, and spywareblaster which disables active X that prevents installs crap like that.
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Coeus {NCX-Charger} Admiral, I can't read, Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: February 16, 2004 Posts: 3635 From: South Philly
| Posted: 2005-06-11 13:55  
IEw/ Google Toolbar, Spybot & Ad-Aware.
Popups? What are those?
[Edit]BTW, fastclick is a resident adware program IIRC, never found any of their actual popups from anything other than the crap my bro DLs.
[ This Message was edited by: Coeus [Recruiting] on 2005-06-11 13:56 ]
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LordShard Cadet
Joined: April 28, 2005 Posts: 140
| Posted: 2005-06-11 14:03  
Absolutely NOTHING on my computer. They are using advanced browser hacks to negate my browsers popup block. Probably does it in firefox as well.
and BTW I don't give a hoot about tracking cookies. most are harmless.
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Doran Chief Marshal Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003 Posts: 4032 From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2005-06-11 14:49  
opera, firefox, ie + analogx's Pow!, hosts file, a router (if its got options to block websites and the like)...
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LordShard Cadet
Joined: April 28, 2005 Posts: 140
| Posted: 2005-06-11 14:54  
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On 2005-06-11 14:49, Doran wrote:
opera, firefox, ie + analogx's Pow!, hosts file, a router (if its got options to block websites and the like)...
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| 127.0.0.1 www.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media1.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media01.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media2.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media02.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media3.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media03.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media4.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media04.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media5.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media05.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media6.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media06.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media7.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media07.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media8.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media08.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media9.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media09.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media10.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media11.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media12.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media13.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media14.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media15.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media16.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media17.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media18.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media19.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media20.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media21.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media22.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media23.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media24.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media25.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media26.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media27.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media28.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media29.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media30.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media31.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 media32.fastclick.net
that is stuff I've added to my hosts file to block them.
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Doran Chief Marshal Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003 Posts: 4032 From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2005-06-11 15:13  
back up
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
reinstall windows (assuming you dont have an oem copy preinstalled, in which case you might try playing around with any recovery disks from the makers, compaq includes some, i dont know about dell, gateway,etc)
had my winME box get choked up with stuff a while back, bought winxp and dropped dban on it, then rebuilt the system
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