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Add the following to your hosts file: # Web toolbars/widgets 127.0.0.1 wibiya.com 127.0.0.1 cdn.wibiya.com 127.0.0.1 apture.com 127
by w1ntermute 16y ago
Add the following to your hosts file:
# Web toolbars/widgets
127.0.0.1 wibiya.com
127.0.0.1 cdn.wibiya.com
127.0.0.1 apture.com
127.0.0.1 www.apture.com
127.0.0.1 cim.meebo.com
In this case, the top toolbar is from Apture and the bottom from Wibiya.
- telemachos 16y agoThanks for taking the time to track these down. (I love a rant with a happy ending.)
- spirulina 16y agoThanks for the list Just added these to the "Adblock Plus" Preferences in Firefox (under Tools). Worked like a charm.
- sprout 16y agoOr simply install NoScript, and worry about whitelists, not blacklists. I can get at the content there with no trouble, and don't have to worry about any of those toolbars.
- w1ntermute 16y agoI've used NoScript, and it's extremely annoying having to enable it on each site you want it on. Not to mention blocking it in the hosts file automatically blocks it in all browsers, and that I don't agree with some of the things the NoScript author has done (http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/01/236248 http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/01/236248).
- jpr 16y agoNoScript is a symptom, not a cure. I haven't yet figured out a good name for the disease though.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago>NoScript is a symptom, not a cure. I haven't yet figured out a good name for the disease though. Web3.0?