SKA claims its first victim

[bogeyman]

Just had a look at mine and there are probably 500-1000 127.0.0.1 entries which I didn't add, maybe thats what spybot does with them?

Yes but it's not a good idea to add everything to hosts. Just bogs things down.

[gingerjedi]

Never found a use for SpyBot.

Just edit your 'hosts' file and add the line:

127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net

That will cause any DNS requests from your browser to resolve the 'ad.doubleclick.net' URL to 'localhost'.

There are tons of other parasites that can be dealt with in this way.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file

Just had a look at mine and there are probably 500-1000 127.0.0.1 entries which I didn't add, maybe thats what spybot does with them?

[bogeyman]

Ah - right, will use spybot more regularly, then...

Never found a use for SpyBot.

Just edit your 'hosts' file and add the line:

127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net

That will cause any DNS requests from your browser to resolve the 'ad.doubleclick.net' URL to 'localhost'.

There are tons of other parasites that can be dealt with in this way.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file

[cojak]

Ah - right, will use spybot more regularly, then...

[bogeyman]

I recommend Firefox with the NoScript add-on....

Noscript helps but you'll still end up with DoubleClick cookies.

[cojak]

I recommend Firefox with the NoScript add-on....

[bogeyman]

They acquired DoubleClick!

So much for Don't be Evil

I recommend: 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net

[DiscoStu]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...gle.technology

Surely AtW was the first long-suffering victim of it?

[DimPrawn]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...gle.technology