Blocking Ad.doubleclick.net from Windows PCs

maas

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

HOSTS.MVP has been added, but why does it say it was modified 13 years ago?
I've turned off DNS Client Service and rebooted. After some browsing, doubleclick returns. Do I now have to modify the MVP file or something?

No thats fine. What the MVPS installation file did was back up your original Hosts file and renamed it Hosts.MVP. This is the 13 year old file.

The File names HOSTS is the active new file, which as you can see by the large file size contains lots of blocked websites.

If you open it with notepad (as described in my earlier post) you will see if contains a large list similar to this

127.0.0.1  tpc.googlesyndication.com
# 127.0.0.1  www.youtube-nocookie.com #[affects various videos]
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][66.249.64.0 - 66.249.95.255]
127.0.0.1  ad.rs.doubleclick.net
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][72.14.192.0 - 72.14.255.255]
127.0.0.1  affiliate.2mdn.net
# 127.0.0.1  s0.2mdn.net #[affects video stream]
# 127.0.0.1  static.2mdn.net #[affects Youtube]
127.0.0.1  clickserve.us2.dartsearch.net #[www3.l.google.com]
127.0.0.1  ad-apac.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.mo.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  adclick.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  www.gameplaylabs.com #[Adware:Win32/GamePlayLabs]
127.0.0.1  googleads2.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  n4061ad.hk.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][74.125.0.0 - 74.125.255.255]
127.0.0.1  ad.bg.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  cm.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  www.praize.com #[Adware.Praize][SiteAdvisor.praize.com]
127.0.0.1  serving.rpowermedia.com #[AdvertPro]
127.0.0.1  analytics-api-samples.googlecode.com #[Google Analytics social tracking]
127.0.0.1  s0.2mdn.net

where it blocks access (by redirection). So if you have any tracking cookies from normal website which link to these spy sites they'll no longer collect your information. You can test this out by simply trying to access any of these sites in a web browser and the browser should time out.

Also, as I mentioned in the earlier post you may need to remove certain entries in the HOSTS file to allow access to certain websites. The best way to do this is to place a hash (#) at the start of the line containing the server you want to allow access to.

maas

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

HOSTS.MVP has been added, but why does it say it was modified 13 years ago?
I've turned off DNS Client Service and rebooted. After some browsing, doubleclick returns. Do I now have to modify the MVP file or something?

When you say "doubleclick" returns, get the address from the website and check if there's an entry for it in the HOSTS file.

dogmaryxx

Have you blocked third-party cookies and site data in Opera ?

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/block-allow-third-party-cookies-in-ie-chrome-firefox-opera

Kernel_Sanders

dogmaryxx wrote: »

Have you blocked third-party cookies and site data in Opera ?

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/block-allow-third-party-cookies-in-ie-chrome-firefox-opera

Not yet, I'm waiting to see if I can get this MVPS installation to block doubleclick (no luck yet!)

maas wrote: »

The File names HOSTS is the active new file, which as you can see by the large file size contains lots of blocked websites.

If you open it with notepad (as described in my earlier post) you will see if contains a large list similar to this

127.0.0.1  tpc.googlesyndication.com
etcetera

where it blocks access (by redirection). So if you have any tracking cookies from normal website which link to these spy sites they'll no longer collect your information. You can test this out by simply trying to access any of these sites in a web browser and the browser should time out.

Also, as I mentioned in the earlier post you may need to remove certain entries in the HOSTS file to allow access to certain websites. The best way to do this is to place a hash (#) at the start of the line containing the server you want to allow access to.

I have about 17,000 entries to plough through! Is that normal?

prikansymon

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Kernel_Sanders

I now find that I have to allow ad.doubleclick.net in order to collect £125 for switching my bank current account. There are too many 'doubleclick' entries on the .txt to delete individually, so shall I just delete the whole file? And what about the Hosts files themselves?

esuhl

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

I now find that I have to allow ad.doubleclick.net in order to collect £125 for switching my bank current account. There are too many 'doubleclick' entries on the .txt to delete individually, so shall I just delete the whole file? And what about the Hosts files themselves?

Why not just rename the hosts file (so Windows ignores it) -- maybe you'll need to log off and back on for it to take effect -- switch bank accounts, then rename the file back to "hosts" again?

Kernel_Sanders

I did that, restarted and found no difference. You did mean just rename the .txt files, right?

Richie-from-the-Boro

Follow the instructions here, then replace the text file with the edited version. Copy the whole edited bottom box [now missing the 17,000 entries] to somewhere safe and overwrite your text file.

RumRat

Why would you have to activate it to get your £125???