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Old September 30th 04, 04:48 PM
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:52:01 -0700, "Travis Swift"
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Well, I'm using my pc at work to go online; since I
haven't had internet at home for over a year now (sulk)
and I haven't really used HOSTS since, considering I'm on
a Windows NT machine atm. None the less, I usually just
sit with my temporary internet files and looking for all
the address of the popups there... I notice
doubleclick.net wasn't on your list but, if you are
just getting windows not to resolve the DNS correctly,
won't your popups filled with javascript and spam rubbish
turn into popups filled with 404 errors?


That list was just a sample from the top of the file, which is just over a
1000 lines long and not in any apparent order.

As to 404s (or action canceled, or page not found....) that remains to be
seen at this point.

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Old September 30th 04, 04:51 PM
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:00:47 -0700, "Travis Swift"
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In the other post you asked how to get the URL of popup
ads without an Address Bar, if you press Ctrl+N they'll
open up in a new window with an address bar. You could
also just try Right-Clicking (on text) and going to
properties.


Thanks, another way of doing it is to click on the top lefthand e of the
border, choose make available offline, capture the url in the second step,
and then cancel.

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Old October 1st 04, 06:59 AM
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Thanks, another way of doing it is to click on the top
lefthand e of the
border, choose make available offline, capture the url in

the second step,
and then cancel.

FACE


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Old October 1st 04, 09:02 AM
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Well, if the HOSTS file blocks any external .js files that
create the popup up window, the original page will just
get a scripting error and no popup-window.
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Old October 1st 04, 01:35 PM
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:59:18 -0700, "Travis Swift"
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Thanks, another way of doing it is to click on the top

lefthand e of the
border, choose make available offline, capture the url in

the second step,
and then cancel.

FACE


Learn something new for my everyday ^_^



So do I. I also tried your way it, of course, worked just fine.

It is sort of like having several different phillips head screwdrivers --
each one may be a little more suited to a particular job even though they
all do the same thing.

Last night I added the key into the registry that Sandi provided.


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Old October 1st 04, 01:45 PM
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chop chop
It is sort of like having several different phillips head

screwdrivers --
each one may be a little more suited to a particular job

even though they
all do the same thing.

-big eyes- oohhhh i want to be that one!! orange one
orange one!

Nevertheless I take it you have managed to eradicate the
popups using nothing but windows 98, without removing
functionality from any other sites? the joys of DIY.
 




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