HOST file ?

Atalon - July 8, 2009 - 11:10am

I would like to block some adds that are annoying on some of the websites I go to. Normally I would just add the domain name to the HOST file and set the IP to 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1. I did this with FF Portable but the adds are still coming up. Is FFP accessing a different file or bypassing the hosts file all together?

Also, since I don't want to mess with someone elses computer settings can this be done within FFP's settings?

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No

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Chris Morgan

(Homepage) - July 8, 2009 - 7:48pm

There's no way that this can be done; the hosts file is a Windows TCP/IP thing. It's possible that there's an extension for it, but I doubt it.

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Adblock Plus

siegfre - July 8, 2009 - 8:58pm

There's a FFX add-on/extension called Adblock Plus that can block ads

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This looks like it is working

Atalon - July 9, 2009 - 10:35am

This looks like it is working thx.

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