Block Banner Ads using your hosts file

A simple way of blocking banner and pop up ads to block them by editing yours hosts file. This quick and dirty technique can prevent quite a few banner and pop up ads from displaying. This works for Firefox, Internet Explorer, or any other browser on your system.

First you need to open your hosts file. Copy this line into your Run dialog box:

notepad %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Next, copy and paste the following text just below:

127.0.0.1       localhost

127.0.0.1       ads.PointRoll.com
127.0.0.1       ads.x10.com
127.0.0.1       images.technoscout.com
127.0.0.1       doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1       m.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1       ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1       ads.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1       cserver.mii.instacontent.net
127.0.0.1       fastclick.net
127.0.0.1       media.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1       media17.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1       ns1.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1       ns2.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1       us.toto.geo.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1       banners.valuead.com
127.0.0.1       www.burstnet.com

Save the file and your done.

• Update* Hugh Brown sent me a much more comprehensive list of site here.