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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 08:04 PM
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http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Gets rid of all the **** that loads with, ahem , certain websites.

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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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Looks a bit overkill to me bud. Theres a Firefox plug in called Adblock Plus (http://adblockplus.org/en/) I installed it a few weeks ago and haven't seen an ad since
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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Thanks for that one !




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Just installed adblock plus for firefox............ no changes Is there something I need to do in the "filters" section ?

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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Just installed adblock plus for firefox............ no changes Is there something I need to do in the "filters" section ?

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Yeah you need to subscribe to a filter list..

Click on the little arrow next to the ABP icon
Click preferences
Click filters -> Add filter subscription
Click EasyList then Subscribe

http://adblockplus.org/en/getting_started
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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looking good so far.........

apart from the tyre-rack, which I think is part of SN LOL

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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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Block Flash. Stops the majority of ads and makes browsing much faster. I use Click to Flash.
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
looking good so far.........

apart from the tyre-rack, which I think is part of SN LOL

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+1

Bliss ! In a bored moment I'm using a 16:9 display rotated by 90 degrees....

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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 08:05 AM
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Block Flash. Stops the majority of ads and makes browsing much faster. I use Click to Flash.
Does this allow you to enable flash in selected areas: Youtube video window, for example?
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 08:46 AM
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Yes, you click to load the adverts or whitelist the site.
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Just installed this - seems v good so far !

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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
Yes, you click to load the adverts or whitelist the site.
Im guessing that thisll be a Mac application, so it will be ideal. My older Mac is really struggling with all of the flsh thats littering sites now. Thank you.
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It's a Firefox application GC, but Firefox is cross platform, so can be applied to any OS.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
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a custom host file is a really good trick, I have been using one for years -- a word of caution -- a large host file can slow Windows 2000/XP as it will parse the file on startup of the browser
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