Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups" (a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
- From: "John O'Flynn" <bofak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:31:49 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Grossman" <dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:11 AM
Subject: Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups"
(a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
>
> Precisely, Hugh.
> That is the bottom line of this entire thread!
>
I was wondering when we would see the bottom line :-)
But before it all gets laid to rest (or to give the pot another stir), I
want to put in two more cents worth:
(1) Firewalls: Back in the summer I installed Comodo on my wife's
laptop when an XP patch conflicted violently with ZoneAlarm, and ZA had
to be replaced pronto. I chose Comodo because of its excellent
reputation, and I can report that it deserves all the praise it got. It
is a fine program, logically arranged and easy to use.
(2) In one of its earlier meanderings this thread got onto Hosts files.
For years I've just been downloading the MVPS version whenever there's
been a new one, enjoying the delight of seeing all those ad-servers
killed, and not giving it much further thought. Then the other day I
actually re-read the MVPS page http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
and rediscovered just how much valuable info is packed into that page
and the faq that goes with it
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm . This covers various
issues that came up in this thread, like "Is Merging the MVPS HOSTS file
with others recommended?" and "Do other programs add entries to the
HOSTS file?" They mention HostsMan and another similar program called
HostsXpert ("a terrific multi-function Hosts File Manager"), and give a
"host" of other interesting links. Anybody out there who is still
wondering what a Hosts file is and what you do with it, ought to start
with this page.
John
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