Popup stoppers.

David A. Sinck plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:55:01 -0700


\_ SMTP quoth Lee Levine on 10/16/2002 16:30 as having spake thusly:
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\_ Can someone recommend a good popup stopper that I can use with Mozilla?

Another amusing thing to do is build out /etc/hosts with various ad
banner hosts and bad ips and then set up a local 404 handler to return
a 1x1 clear gif and play a 'boom' sound.


127.0.1.1         doubleclick.net
127.0.1.2         ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.1.3         ln.doubleclick.net
[...]


It's kind of soothing to hear ad banners die on the way by.

David