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From: Justin on 6 Dec 2009 19:20 Arizona Willie wrote on [Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:51:07 -0600]: > Arizona Willie <sclause(a)npole.com> wrote in > news:Xns9CD96372422E3azwilliecoxnet(a)216.196.97.130: > >> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo >> <peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo(a)gmail.com> wrote in >> news:hff02r$r1p$1(a)gwaiyur.mb-net.net: >> >>> Arizona Willie wrote: >>>> Anyone know how to stop those damn Netflix popunder ads? I've got >>>> Adblocker and Firefox and IE set to block popups but the damn things >>>> still keep coming. >>>> >>>> Nothing stops them it seems. >>> >>> I've never seen one. Can you post a link to one? >>> Anyways, try and invest in a good HOSTS file. Maybe >>> thats why I don't see any: >>> http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/ or >>> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm >>> >> >> ============= >> Thanks I'll check into HOSTS files. >> > > =============== > I just went to az.central.com and clicked on a survey there and saw the az.central.com is an invalid site. Perhaps provide a URL of a site where you see the ad, not the ad URL.
From: Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo on 6 Dec 2009 21:29 John wrote: > Quivis wrote: >> On 05 dec 2009, "Arizona Willie" <sclause(a)npole.com> wrote: >> >>> Anyone know how to stop those damn Netflix popunder ads? I've got >>> Adblocker and Firefox and IE set to block popups but the damn >>> things still keep coming. >>> >>> Nothing stops them it seems. >> >> Perhaps something can be done using Greasemonkey scripts...? > > Quivis, can you explain what this Greasemonkey does? I don't want to > put something on my computer I don't know anything about. I also would > like to get rid of that d**n Netflick pop-up. It's very bothersome. as far as I could find, there were no netflick greasemonkey scripts. -- *IMPORTANT*: Sorry folks, but I cannot provide email help!!!! Warning: Private emails sent to me may become public Peter Potamus & His Magic Flying Balloon: http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/mp3/p-potamus.mp3 http://www.toonopedia.com/potamus.htm
From: Arizona Willie on 7 Dec 2009 16:39 Justin <nospam(a)insightbb.com> wrote in news:slrnhhoiio.oku.nospam(a)debian.dns2go.com: > Arizona Willie wrote on [Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:51:07 -0600]: >> Arizona Willie <sclause(a)npole.com> wrote in >> news:Xns9CD96372422E3azwilliecoxnet(a)216.196.97.130: >> >>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo >>> <peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo(a)gmail.com> wrote in >>> news:hff02r$r1p$1(a)gwaiyur.mb-net.net: >>> >>>> Arizona Willie wrote: >>>>> Anyone know how to stop those damn Netflix popunder ads? I've got >>>>> Adblocker and Firefox and IE set to block popups but the damn things >>>>> still keep coming. >>>>> >>>>> Nothing stops them it seems. >>>> >>>> I've never seen one. Can you post a link to one? >>>> Anyways, try and invest in a good HOSTS file. Maybe >>>> thats why I don't see any: >>>> http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/ or >>>> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm >>>> >>> >>> ============= >>> Thanks I'll check into HOSTS files. >>> >> >> =============== >> I just went to az.central.com and clicked on a survey there and saw the > > az.central.com is an invalid site. > > Perhaps provide a URL of a site where you see the ad, not the ad URL. > ================= az.central.com is a valid site. It's ran by the local newspaper. The actual url is: http://www.azcentral.com/news/#poll. Hmmm just noticed the period stuck in the middle of the name. The url I posted was what appeared at the top of the Netflix ad, just copied and pasted. Haven't gotten it for the last couple of days. I added that host file to the bottom of the existing one ( which had nothing in it but the remarks at the top ). I think that is stopping the junk. I had put the url of the ad in ad block but it didn't stop it. Oh well, the hosts file seems to have done the trick.
From: Justin on 7 Dec 2009 18:50 Arizona Willie wrote on [Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:39:43 -0600]: > Justin <nospam(a)insightbb.com> wrote in > news:slrnhhoiio.oku.nospam(a)debian.dns2go.com: > >> Arizona Willie wrote on [Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:51:07 -0600]: >>> Arizona Willie <sclause(a)npole.com> wrote in >>> news:Xns9CD96372422E3azwilliecoxnet(a)216.196.97.130: >>> >>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo >>>> <peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo(a)gmail.com> wrote in >>>> news:hff02r$r1p$1(a)gwaiyur.mb-net.net: >>>> >>>>> Arizona Willie wrote: >>>>>> Anyone know how to stop those damn Netflix popunder ads? I've got >>>>>> Adblocker and Firefox and IE set to block popups but the damn > things >>>>>> still keep coming. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nothing stops them it seems. >>>>> >>>>> I've never seen one. Can you post a link to one? >>>>> Anyways, try and invest in a good HOSTS file. Maybe >>>>> thats why I don't see any: >>>>> http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/ or >>>>> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm >>>>> >>>> >>>> ============= >>>> Thanks I'll check into HOSTS files. >>>> >>> >>> =============== >>> I just went to az.central.com and clicked on a survey there and saw > the >> >> az.central.com is an invalid site. >> >> Perhaps provide a URL of a site where you see the ad, not the ad URL. >> > > ================= > az.central.com is a valid site. It's ran by the local newspaper. > The actual url is: http://www.azcentral.com/news/#poll. The site doesn't refer to itself as az.central.com, it's azcentral.com. Big difference > Hmmm just noticed the period stuck in the middle of the name. > The url I posted was what appeared at the top of the Netflix ad, just > copied and pasted. That wasn't helpful, it's the URL of the site sending you the popunder, not the popunder itself. I just spent a few minutes at the site and got no popunder. I don't useadblock or the hosts file hack
From: Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo on 7 Dec 2009 19:32
Justin wrote: > Arizona Willie wrote on [Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:39:43 -0600]: >> Justin <nospam(a)insightbb.com> wrote in >> news:slrnhhoiio.oku.nospam(a)debian.dns2go.com: >> >>> Arizona Willie wrote on [Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:51:07 -0600]: >>>> Arizona Willie <sclause(a)npole.com> wrote in >>>> news:Xns9CD96372422E3azwilliecoxnet(a)216.196.97.130: >>>> >>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo >>>>> <peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo(a)gmail.com> wrote in >>>>> news:hff02r$r1p$1(a)gwaiyur.mb-net.net: >>>>> >>>>>> Arizona Willie wrote: >>>>>>> Anyone know how to stop those damn Netflix popunder ads? I've got >>>>>>> Adblocker and Firefox and IE set to block popups but the damn >> things >>>>>>> still keep coming. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nothing stops them it seems. >>>>>> I've never seen one. Can you post a link to one? >>>>>> Anyways, try and invest in a good HOSTS file. Maybe >>>>>> thats why I don't see any: >>>>>> http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/ or >>>>>> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm >>>>>> >>>>> ============= >>>>> Thanks I'll check into HOSTS files. >>>>> >>>> =============== >>>> I just went to az.central.com and clicked on a survey there and saw >> the >>> az.central.com is an invalid site. >>> >>> Perhaps provide a URL of a site where you see the ad, not the ad URL. >>> >> ================= >> az.central.com is a valid site. It's ran by the local newspaper. >> The actual url is: http://www.azcentral.com/news/#poll. > > The site doesn't refer to itself as az.central.com, it's azcentral.com. > Big difference > >> Hmmm just noticed the period stuck in the middle of the name. >> The url I posted was what appeared at the top of the Netflix ad, just >> copied and pasted. > > That wasn't helpful, it's the URL of the site sending you the popunder, > not the popunder itself. > > > I just spent a few minutes at the site and got no popunder. I don't > useadblock or the hosts file hack I have to agree, I didn't see anything either, and I don't have netflix in my hosts file. -- *IMPORTANT*: Sorry folks, but I cannot provide email help!!!! Warning: Private emails sent to me may become public Peter Potamus & His Magic Flying Balloon: http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/mp3/p-potamus.mp3 http://www.toonopedia.com/potamus.htm |