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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
System Host File
Redirects in your hosts file
This method is pretty straight forward, available on all systems and works with all browsers. The host file i
nformation on where to find a host in a network and maps host names to IP addresses.You find this file in the following locations depending on your operating system:
- Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista:
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
%SystemRoot%
in most cases isC:\WINDOWS
- Linux/Unix:
/etc/hosts
- Mac OS X:
/private/etc/hosts
# [GoogleAds] 127.0.0.1 pagead.googlesyndication.com 127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com #[Google AdWords] 127.0.0.1 adservices.google.com 127.0.0.1 imageads.googleadservices.com #[Ewido.TrackingCookie.Googleadservices] 127.0.0.1 imageads1.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads2.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads3.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads4.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads5.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads6.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads7.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads8.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 imageads9.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 partner.googleadservices.com 127.0.0.1 www.googleadservices.com # [Google Analytics] 127.0.0.1 apps5.oingo.com #[Microsoft.Typo-Patrol] 127.0.0.1 www.appliedsemantics.com 127.0.0.1 service.urchin.com #[Urchin Tracking Module] 127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com #[urchinTracker] 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com #[Google Analytics]This will redirect requests to your local machine. Check this http://everythingisnt.com/hosts if you want to block more advertising providers and spam sites.
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