HOSTS file
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I use the HOSTS file to block ad sites. I've recently encountered a few that don't seem to be affected. deals.slashdot.org tracking.deltadefense.com When I ping them, I'm told the site can't be reached/doesn't exist, but when I browse to a site that contains ads from these sites, the ads are displayed. Why is this happening, and how can I fix it? BTW, this happens on Linux and Windows boxes.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
I use the HOSTS file to block ad sites. I've recently encountered a few that don't seem to be affected. deals.slashdot.org tracking.deltadefense.com When I ping them, I'm told the site can't be reached/doesn't exist, but when I browse to a site that contains ads from these sites, the ads are displayed. Why is this happening, and how can I fix it? BTW, this happens on Linux and Windows boxes.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Might be configured to not reply to a ping. Use fiddler to find out from which domain the ads are served, doubt that they're the same. Once you have that adres, add it to your host-file.
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I use the HOSTS file to block ad sites. I've recently encountered a few that don't seem to be affected. deals.slashdot.org tracking.deltadefense.com When I ping them, I'm told the site can't be reached/doesn't exist, but when I browse to a site that contains ads from these sites, the ads are displayed. Why is this happening, and how can I fix it? BTW, this happens on Linux and Windows boxes.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013You could try flushing your DNS cache with the command "ipconfig /flushdns". The DNS entries may be cached from a time before you added those domains to your HOSTS file.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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You could try flushing your DNS cache with the command "ipconfig /flushdns". The DNS entries may be cached from a time before you added those domains to your HOSTS file.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Tried it before posting my original msg.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
I use the HOSTS file to block ad sites. I've recently encountered a few that don't seem to be affected. deals.slashdot.org tracking.deltadefense.com When I ping them, I'm told the site can't be reached/doesn't exist, but when I browse to a site that contains ads from these sites, the ads are displayed. Why is this happening, and how can I fix it? BTW, this happens on Linux and Windows boxes.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013The DNS entries might be cached by your browser. How to clear the DNS Cache? – OpenDNS[^] Or your browser might be configured to use DoH[^], which would completely ignore your HOSTS file.
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