Elsewhere in this forum, someone mentioned a HOSTS.txt file that blocks 90+ percent of ad and crapware sites, including those annoying popups, sites with viruses, spyware, etc. It is located at mvps.org, and has been very cool. I smiled as the most ads didn’t even download, simply showing “Page cannot be displayed” in the ad space. Pop under/overs went away (even the ones my other software missed), and page load times improved.

I find that a little while ago, I can no longer click on a PPC ad! - Turns out some of Google's Adservers are on this HOSTS File.

Easy fix- just delete the data from MVPS from the hosts.txt file, (or delete the Google entries)

Moreover, if other users have this HOSTS file, and click on my ad, am I charged for it, even though it is blocked by HOSTS? When does the charge count? When it is clicked, or when the page is delivered?

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