Eyewonder/Pointroll/Eyeblaster

deepseadeepsea Lancaster, PA
edited June 2004 in Spyware & Virus Removal
Does anyone have a good idea about how to trash these new ad formats? I've looked for the codecs that the ads are using to simply delete them, without luck. I emailed Eyewonder and asked how to block them. No response. (Really didn't expect one, but thought I would try...)

It doesn't take long to despise this new form of advertising.

:rarr: :banghead:

Comments

  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Moving to SVT forum.
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    The easiest way is to add the URLs to a HOSTS file. In Windows NT/2K/XP, the HOSTS file is located in [WinNT|Windows]\system32\drivers\etc. In Win9x, it's located in the Windows root folder. Right now, any ready-made HOSTS file I've come across just has entries for Pointroll, but it's a start.

    To edit the HOSTS file, open it in any text editor and add the following lines:
    127.0.0.1  pointroll.com
127.0.0.1  ads.pointroll.com
127.0.0.1  media.pointroll.com
127.0.0.1  mirror.pointroll.com
127.0.0.1  speed.pointroll.com
127.0.0.1  track.pointroll.com
127.0.0.1  [url]www.pointroll.com[/url]

    If you don't have a hosts file, create a new text file and rename it without the .txt extension. Make sure if you're creating it from scratch that you add the line: 
    127.0.0.1 localhost
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