Open 'http://ad.yieldman...62/A=4919451/R=0/*'?

[Doncho N. Gunchev]

On Friday 2007-10-05 00:20:51 Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
> --- Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > 
> > > when surfing the net with Konqueror and reading
> > yahoo
> > > mail, I get the following box:
> > 
> > mail.yahoo.com WORKSFORME.  Was it simply logging in
> > that started this, or
> > something else?
> > 
> > -- Rex
> 
> I do not know what causes it.   This happens when
> checking emails within yahoo mail.
> 
> If you care to look at a snapshot here it is:
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/olivares14031/Screenshot-adyieldman.png

Yep, I've seen that. My quick fix/workaround is to see what the ads
site is (resize the dialog) and a quick:
$ echo "127.255.255.254 bad.add.site.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
:-)

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Regards,
  Doncho N. Gunchev, GPG key ID: 0EF40B9E, Key server: pgp.mit.edu