Re: Some Ad Networks Are Bad News

["Aryeh Goretsky (home)" <goretsky () gmail com>]

Hello,

eDexter and a custom hosts file is one fairly lightweight solution.  Of
course, one could just go with the custom hosts file, but, hey, eDexter
lets you replace banners, which has a higher fun quotient. :)

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky



At 07:59 AM 11/13/2007, you wrote:

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> Larry Seltzer (Larry () larryseltzer com) wrote:
> > So we still don't really know how they're penetrating the ad networks?
>
>         Money. I bet blipvert companies don't vet the adverts, they just
>         say "X by Y pixels, so many bytes or less"
>
>
>         There used to be something called webwasher from seimens that did
>         a good job of removing blipverts.
>         http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=22&lang=en
>         I think thats it, but I can't find the thing, it was a simple local
>         proxy that ate blipvert requests.
>
>         Or you could install firefox and deal with its awe inspiring
>         flabby performance and droolies.
>
>
> > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/3609/0/0/%2a/q;137016197;0-0;0;84
> > > 02494;3030-160/90;22613468/22631351/2;;~okv=;pos=top;zdid=a219243;zdty
> > > pe=commentary;zdaudience=creativeprofessional;pagetype=article2;zdtopi
> > > c1=securityopinions;tile=2;sz=160x90;~sscs=%3fhttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT
> > > /go/zffdvity0180000043mrt/direct/01/
>
>         ^^-- competing for the obfusculated URL of the week are we?
>
>         p

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