Blocking doubleclick permanently

[alvinamorey@notmail.com]

Everytime I scan for spyware I got doubleclick.com. Everytime I look
in cookies, I got doubleclick.com.
And I do not go to sites that are any real threat. Most are just my
discussion groups and some searches for downloads and such,

How can I completely and permanently block doubleclick.com?

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:

> How can I completely and permanently block doubleclick.com?

They are just tracking cookies, and not real malware.

However, add the doubleclick servers to your HOSTS file.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

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-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[alvinamorey@notmail.com]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:10:57 GMT, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:

>alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:
>
>> How can I completely and permanently block doubleclick.com?
>
>They are just tracking cookies, and not real malware.
>
>However, add the doubleclick servers to your HOSTS file.
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Does the HOSTS file work in Firefox and Opera?
I know it's for IE. I have all 3 browsers installed and use the one
that best suits what I'm doing.

Thanks to everyone that helped.

Alvin

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>
>>alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:
>>> How can I completely and permanently block doubleclick.com?
>>
>>They are just tracking cookies, and not real malware.
>>
>>However, add the doubleclick servers to your HOSTS file.
>>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
> Does the HOSTS file work in Firefox and Opera? I know it's for IE.
> I have all 3 browsers installed and use the one that best suits what
> I'm doing.

It works for all modern browsers. It is not an IE-thing. It is also not
a Windows thing; other operating systems use it as well.
http://k75s.home.att.net/tips.html#hosts

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-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[slate_leeper]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:31:56 -0600, alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:

>Everytime I scan for spyware I got doubleclick.com. Everytime I look
>in cookies, I got doubleclick.com.
>And I do not go to sites that are any real threat. Most are just my
>discussion groups and some searches for downloads and such,
>
>How can I completely and permanently block doubleclick.com?

Install the MVPS hosts file on your computer. It blocks most
doubleclick servers, along with thousands of other tracking and
advertising sites. It does this by preventing the page you are viewing
from sending info TO doubleclick. It will not block anything coming
FROM doubleclick.

MVPS HOSTS file is a free download from:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/

You can find installation instructions there, also.

-dan z-

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[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

slate_leeper wrote:

> Install the MVPS hosts file ...
> It will not block anything coming FROM doubleclick.

Hmmmm?

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[Gaz]

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> slate_leeper wrote:
>
>> Install the MVPS hosts file ...
>> It will not block anything coming FROM doubleclick.
>
> Hmmmm?

I have found in the past, a large host files can slow down the system quite
a bit


Gaz