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by BobS on Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 10:41:14 AM PDT

I also had some very interesting results.

I had visited a Microsoft web page (6 steps to help secure your PC, http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/technology/security/6_steps_to_help_secure_your_brand_new_pc.mspx)

Step 4 was to install a hosts file from (www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm) that would block know problem URL's by basicly redirecting them to your own computer's IP address causing "page not found" results.

After doing this, it's extremely interesting how many big name web sites I go to name have little boxes on their pages that say "page not found" instead of displaying and ad!

It's also interesting that some really big name companies use some of the companies on this list to do their surveys. I tried to take a survey for one company and was blocked with a "page not found" because the survey company that was being used was on the list of blocked URLs!


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by BobS on Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 02:12:25 PM PDT

Very interesting. Just received a second copy of this gripe line e-mail from InfoWorld link http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2006/04/04_a383.html#a383?source=NLC-GRIPE2006-04-04

And what do you know, right at the bottom of the "In the Company of Spyware" article, on the InfoWorld page I got a "Page Not Found" box where InfoWorld was placing an ad with a URL to ad.doubleclick.net (one of the sites blocked by installing the hosts file recommended by Microsoft)!


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Not all are spyware.[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#8)
by foxyshadis1 on Wed Apr 05, 2006 at 12:34:18 AM PDT

Many many ads are blocked by that file that aren't "adware" at all. If it were to only do that, it wouldn't be terribly useful given that the majority of sites use locally hosted ads or services like doubleclick, which is one of the most legit online advertising brokers, since they cleaned up some of their abuses years ago. (At least as far as I know they don't play the popup/popunder/javascript games anymore.) Same goes for more thorough services, like privoxy and antispyware services' ad-blocking. They try to block all ads, not just unethical ones, so it's not fair to assume that is something got blocked, the site must be funding spyware.

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by TonyK on Wed Apr 05, 2006 at 06:32:54 AM PDT

The links and info were most helpful. I've updated my work system and will do my home systems later today.

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That's funny[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#14)
by Anonymous User on Fri Apr 07, 2006 at 06:19:53 AM PDT

You went to Microsoft to find ways to make your pc secure????? (whisper) Listen buddy, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell...

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Have you looked at the site?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#16)
by TonyK on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 04:17:27 AM PDT

It does offer some useful information.

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