Re: Disabling Intellitext in Firefox 2.0 (or Iceweasel)

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 12/25/06 12:44, Marc Shapiro wrote:
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> > Henrik Enberg wrote:
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> > > Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >
> > >       
> > > > Is there any way to disable the display of Intellitext ads in
> > > > Firefox 2.0.  I am running the upstream version under Etch,
> > > > but I could be convinced to switch to Iceweasel after all if
> > > > it can block these ads and the upstream Firefox 2.0 can not.
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > Just blocking "intellitxt.com" with adblock seems to work for
> > > me.
> > >
> > >       
> > I have installed adblock 0.5.3.043 from addons.mozilla.org.  I
> > restarted Firefox and then went to Tools/Adblock/Preferences and
> > added intellitxt.com to the list.  The ads still pop up.  I
> > restarted Firefox again, but still no luck.  What am I doing
> > wrong?
> >     
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> This might help:
> # echo "127.0.0.1 ads.intellicast.com" >> /etc/hosts
> # echo "127.0.0.1 ads1.intelliads.com" >> /etc/hosts
> # echo "127.0.0.1 intellectualcapital.com" >> /etc/hosts
> # echo "127.0.0.1 intelliads.com" >> /etc/hosts
> # echo "127.0.0.1 track.intelliseek.com" >> /etc/hosts
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Using adblock finally did it with BOTH *.intellitxt.com AND 
*.vibrantmedia.com blocked.  Neither one alone worked and putting them 
into /etc/hosts doesn't seem to work, either.

Thank you Heinrik.

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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com