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Originally Posted by plut0 This doesn't seem to work in Firefox with a proxy enabled. I wonder if this is a bug or something? |
Use the Hosts file.
Just stick it in your windows/system32/drivers/etc folder
You can also open it in notepad, if you want to get kinky. Any existing lines in the hosts file can simply be copied & pasted to the new one, or the other way around
You will need to restart your computer for it to have any effect.
The hosts file just redirects certain domains to a particular IP address so your PC doesn't need to use a DNS to look up the IP address.
127.0.0.1 is your computers loop-back address, so changing a server which hosts cookies or annoying content to 127.0.0.1 will basically send all traffic to that domain back to you computer, hence blocks it
example from windows host file
102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com
127.0.0.1 ads.suckers.com
Requests to rhino.acme.com will be sent immediately to the server, bypassing the DNS, hence saving time.
Requests to ads.suckers.com will be sent back to your computer, hence saving time looking it up & also saving time downloading any other crap they like loading your computer with because your computers request never reaches it