[pchelpers] Re: Mozilla revamping Thunderbird

Yes and no to that question.  I have Spyware Terminator and it blocks me 
from accessing certain web pages because of the ad content on them.  I 
just visited a Yahoo page at Yahoo groups just now and it told me one of 
the ads was being blocked; hence the whole page was blocked.  I get that 
same alert almost once a day now, even from so-called reputable web 
sites.  It's not necessarily their fault.  It's the third party ads that 
are placed on their pages that is the problem.


-Sue

John Durham wrote:
> It is nice to know the direction development is going. One curious 
> anomaly I saw viewing the site- It contains an advert (top right) 
> leading to ad.au.doubleclick.net (don't click on it).
> When I view the page, this part cannot be accessed, and I just found out 
> why. My hosts file is protecting my system from undesirable content there.
>
> It is taking a while to get used to it when I visit sites to find 
> certain areas don't show up as the hosts file protects me from them. It 
> is managed by a utility called "hostsman". Were you surprised that 
> suspect sites could have advertising close to such highly regarded company?
>
> You just never know where it will show up, do you?
>   



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