On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:52:18 -0400 'Ed Mullen'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

>Tom wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:03:54 +0100, hummingbird wrote:
>>
>>> Afaik the only solution is to shut the browser down and
>>> enter its name in your HOSTS file, so you never go there again.
>>
>> Hummingbird has a great answer!
>>
>> Here's what I did when I went to an HTML kwiksand domain just now on
>> Firefox 3.0 on WinXP with JavaScript and Java enabled ('cuz you need 'em
>> for other pages).
>>
>> 1. I opened a tab to http://thecatalogfree.net with Firefox 3.0 on WinXP
>> 2. I tried to kill the tab -> the html kwiksand prevented this
>> 3. I tried to go to a new tab -> the html kwiksand prevented this
>> 4. I tried to kill firefox -> the html kwiksand prevented this
>> 5. Rather than kill the firefox process in the task manager ...
>> 6. I now just type Start->Run->hosts and enter the domain
>> 127.0.0.1 thecatalogfree.net
>> 7. I then shift-reload my browser (to flush cache)
>> 8. Voila! A shift-reload flushes cache & dumps the kwiksand page!
>>
>> Note this one-time setup:
>> 1. Copy hosts to host.txt and to hosts.bck
>> 2. Start->Run->Regedit to add the following key-value pair:
>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
>> hosts.exe = c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.txt
>>
>> Do this every time you are caught in HTML kwiksand!
>> 1. Go to the web page http://thecatalogfree.net
>> 2. You'll note you are stuck on that page forever
>> 3. Rather than control alt delete kill the Firefox browser session ...
>> 4. Just type Start -> Run -> hosts
>> 5. Enter the domain into that hosts.txt file
>> 127.0.0.1 thecatalogfree.net
>> 6. Write the hosts.txt file to hosts (overwriting the hosts file)
>> 8. Quick out of your text editing session (I used vim freeware)
>> 9. Shift Reload your browser
>> 10. The kwiksand web page will disappear!
>>
>> Woo hoo! Hummingbird found the solution to HTML kwiksand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


>Huh? My Windows XP Pro SP3 says: "Can't find hosts ..."
>
>Why are you jumping through all these hoops? The Windows "hosts" file
>is a plain text file you can edit in Notepad.
>
>And do a search on "hosts.exe" and you'll find things like this:

The HOSTS file is named exactly that: HOSTS
It has no file extension.


>http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/star....exe-8795.html
>
>This entire thread is becoming suspect.

BB thinks so too.


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