Re: blocking annoying login popup applets

"Wang Yu III" <anon@localhost.net> wrote in
news:vijfr4ic1pnl67@corp.supernews.com:

> I started filtering or blocking URLs and domains into my home network
> by the use of hardware router, URLs like: *.doubleclick.net,
> *.fastlick.net, *.akamai.net, etc. Somehow using Netscape
> Communicator in either MS-Windows and Linux it get to added annoyance,
> i.e., opening applet window popup to login and password I always need
> to cancel to proceed. I encountered these popups while going to
> hyttp://www.higherpriase.com to copy songs' lyrics and chords.
>
> Anyhow, I think I don't get this weird login popup applets when using
> MSIE (MS-Windows) and KDE web browser (Linux).
>
> In MS-Windows 2000 and XP I edited the
> 'Winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' (this is a flat file) and added:
>
> 127.0.0.1 ads.doubleclick.net
> 127.0.0.1 servedby.advertising.net
> 127.0.0.1 a1444g.akamai.net
>
> I'm sure Linux is more sophisticated to do even more than filter or
> blocking. But what (where) is the equivalent of that '.\.\.\hosts'
> file in Linux?
>
> Thanks.

If everyone did what I do then the popups would eventually go away....

For every site that sends me too many popups I send an email to the company
(not the webmaster) telling them that I tried to use their site (maybe to
buy) but was inundated with popups, and I refuse to patronize a site that
uses popups. So I (bought) went somewhere else....

Yeah, it takes a little while but I feel my message is getting through. If
you just block it the advertisers and web site owners never know your
preferance as a consumer.

Of course, for some reason, I do not go to many sites that use popups.
Maybe one or two daily...