Guest MAL Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Suddenly now when I go into legitimate web sites with ads, like Washington Post, Huff Post etc, some of the ads struggle to load and then I get the "I Page cannot be displayed" screen in the space where the ad should be. The content part of the page does load but very slowly. It can take minutes. During that time it appears to be trying to access a doubleclick.net url. This is making it impossible to enjoy these sites. I have disabled pop-up blocker, done two different types of adware scans and there is nothing unusual showing in hijackthis. I never thought I would say this but how do I get the ads back so the pages will load fast again.
Guest Malke Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Strange ad blocking MAL wrote: > Suddenly now when I go into legitimate web sites with ads, like Washington > Post, Huff Post etc, some of the ads struggle to load and then I get the "I > Page cannot be displayed" screen in the space where the ad should be. The > content part of the page does load but very slowly. It can take minutes. > During that time it appears to be trying to access a doubleclick.net url. > This is making it impossible to enjoy these sites. I have disabled pop-up > blocker, done two different types of adware scans and there is nothing > unusual showing in hijackthis. I never thought I would say this but how do I > get the ads back so the pages will load fast again. 1. What browser are you using? 2. Since this happened suddenly, what changed between the time it worked and the time it didn't? 3. What other security software do you have in place? Norton or McAfee products? Other antispyware product? Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest PA Bear Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Strange ad blocking Sounds like you're using a custom hosts file. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ MAL wrote: > Suddenly now when I go into legitimate web sites with ads, like Washington > Post, Huff Post etc, some of the ads struggle to load and then I get the > "I > Page cannot be displayed" screen in the space where the ad should be. The > content part of the page does load but very slowly. It can take minutes. > During that time it appears to be trying to access a doubleclick.net url. > This is making it impossible to enjoy these sites. I have disabled pop-up > blocker, done two different types of adware scans and there is nothing > unusual showing in hijackthis. I never thought I would say this but how > do > I get the ads back so the pages will load fast again.
Guest MAL Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Strange ad blocking Thanks for responding; I use IE6 and have zone alarm and mcafee. Nothing special happened but one adware got through my firewall and I deleted it. Next day I had this mess. It sometimes says it is trying to get to 192.178.200.3 "Malke" wrote: > MAL wrote: > > Suddenly now when I go into legitimate web sites with ads, like Washington > > Post, Huff Post etc, some of the ads struggle to load and then I get the "I > > Page cannot be displayed" screen in the space where the ad should be. The > > content part of the page does load but very slowly. It can take minutes. > > During that time it appears to be trying to access a doubleclick.net url. > > This is making it impossible to enjoy these sites. I have disabled pop-up > > blocker, done two different types of adware scans and there is nothing > > unusual showing in hijackthis. I never thought I would say this but how do I > > get the ads back so the pages will load fast again. > > 1. What browser are you using? > 2. Since this happened suddenly, what changed between the time it worked > and the time it didn't? > 3. What other security software do you have in place? Norton or McAfee > products? Other antispyware product? > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >
Guest MAL Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Strange ad blocking What is a custom hosts file? "PA Bear" wrote: > Sounds like you're using a custom hosts file. > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) > AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net > DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ > > MAL wrote: > > Suddenly now when I go into legitimate web sites with ads, like Washington > > Post, Huff Post etc, some of the ads struggle to load and then I get the > > "I > > Page cannot be displayed" screen in the space where the ad should be. The > > content part of the page does load but very slowly. It can take minutes. > > During that time it appears to be trying to access a doubleclick.net url. > > This is making it impossible to enjoy these sites. I have disabled pop-up > > blocker, done two different types of adware scans and there is nothing > > unusual showing in hijackthis. I never thought I would say this but how > > do > > I get the ads back so the pages will load fast again. > >
Guest HeyBub Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Strange ad blocking MAL wrote: > What is a custom hosts file? > > "PA Bear" wrote: > A HOSTS file that's been customized. The HOSTS file normally does not exist but can be created and populated with IP addressess that are verbotten.
Guest Poprivet Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Strange ad blocking MAL wrote: > What is a custom hosts file? It means a HOSTS file you've somehow added/deleted items from. You can learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file If the sites are in the HOSTS (no extension) file, ads should just be bypassed and forgotten, with the notice you mentioned. Check your HOSTS file to see that the 127... reference is correct. It's located at: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc HTH Pop` > > "PA Bear" wrote: > >> Sounds like you're using a custom hosts file. >> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) >> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net >> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ >> >> MAL wrote: >>> Suddenly now when I go into legitimate web sites with ads, like >>> Washington Post, Huff Post etc, some of the ads struggle to load >>> and then I get the "I >>> Page cannot be displayed" screen in the space where the ad should >>> be. The content part of the page does load but very slowly. It >>> can take minutes. During that time it appears to be trying to >>> access a doubleclick.net url. This is making it impossible to enjoy >>> these sites. I have disabled pop-up blocker, done two different >>> types of adware scans and there is nothing unusual showing in >>> hijackthis. I never thought I would say this but how do >>> I get the ads back so the pages will load fast again.
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