IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC Olympic
site.
Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
happens, I wonder...
I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
Thanks,
Ed

Hi Edd,

I visited the site nbcolympics.com and tried to reproduce your problems but
I could not. I noticed that click a link on the left hand side (say
snowboarding) would point to nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html, but
that there seemed to be a redirect at that page to ad.doubleclick.com and
then a redirect back to the index page! They must be tracking ad impressions
on their pages!

Since your browser is crashing and mine did not I can only assume that
either your browser secuirity settings or your firewall settings (if you
have one) don't like this redirecting. Usually firewall software also blocks
unwanted advertising and since the redirect is to ad.doubleclick.com it is
probably detecting the 'ad' part of the domain name and blocking it!
Otherwise you could try setting your Internet zone security setting to
Meduim (default). If you have the MS anti-phissing add-in it may also be
causing havoc with such a site.
"eddieb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9E83F963-5183-4F33-AA9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC
> Olympic
> site.
> Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
> I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
> happens, I wonder...
> I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
> Thanks,
> Ed

response at bottom

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>Hi Edd,
>
>I visited the site nbcolympics.com and tried to reproduce your problems but
>I could not. I noticed that click a link on the left hand side (say
>snowboarding) would point to nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html, but
>that there seemed to be a redirect at that page to ad.doubleclick.com and
>then a redirect back to the index page! They must be tracking ad impressions
>on their pages!
>
>Since your browser is crashing and mine did not I can only assume that
>either your browser secuirity settings or your firewall settings (if you
>have one) don't like this redirecting. Usually firewall software also blocks
>unwanted advertising and since the redirect is to ad.doubleclick.com it is
>probably detecting the 'ad' part of the domain name and blocking it!
>Otherwise you could try setting your Internet zone security setting to
>Meduim (default). If you have the MS anti-phissing add-in it may also be
>causing havoc with such a site.
>"eddieb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:9E83F963-5183-4F33-AA9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC
>> Olympic
>> site.
>> Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
>> I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
>> happens, I wonder...
>> I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
>> Thanks,
>> Ed
>
>

Had same problem with double click
so added "127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net" to hosts
and no more trouble.


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Will Renkel
Wheaton, Ill.
REGISTERD Linux User: 300583

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Will- I am having the same problem as Edd. How do you add the website to
hosts??

Please help.

JMA

"Will Renkel" wrote:

> response at bottom
>
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >Hi Edd,
> >
> >I visited the site nbcolympics.com and tried to reproduce your problems but
> >I could not. I noticed that click a link on the left hand side (say
> >snowboarding) would point to nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html, but
> >that there seemed to be a redirect at that page to ad.doubleclick.com and
> >then a redirect back to the index page! They must be tracking ad impressions
> >on their pages!
> >
> >Since your browser is crashing and mine did not I can only assume that
> >either your browser secuirity settings or your firewall settings (if you
> >have one) don't like this redirecting. Usually firewall software also blocks
> >unwanted advertising and since the redirect is to ad.doubleclick.com it is
> >probably detecting the 'ad' part of the domain name and blocking it!
> >Otherwise you could try setting your Internet zone security setting to
> >Meduim (default). If you have the MS anti-phissing add-in it may also be
> >causing havoc with such a site.
> >"eddieb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:9E83F963-5183-4F33-AA9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC
> >> Olympic
> >> site.
> >> Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
> >> I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
> >> happens, I wonder...
> >> I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ed
> >
> >
>
> Had same problem with double click
> so added "127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net" to hosts
> and no more trouble.
>
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Will Renkel
> Wheaton, Ill.
> REGISTERD Linux User: 300583
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>

Will- never mind. I think that i figured it out. Thank you so much for the
help.

JMA

"Will Renkel" wrote:

> response at bottom
>
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >Hi Edd,
> >
> >I visited the site nbcolympics.com and tried to reproduce your problems but
> >I could not. I noticed that click a link on the left hand side (say
> >snowboarding) would point to nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html, but
> >that there seemed to be a redirect at that page to ad.doubleclick.com and
> >then a redirect back to the index page! They must be tracking ad impressions
> >on their pages!
> >
> >Since your browser is crashing and mine did not I can only assume that
> >either your browser secuirity settings or your firewall settings (if you
> >have one) don't like this redirecting. Usually firewall software also blocks
> >unwanted advertising and since the redirect is to ad.doubleclick.com it is
> >probably detecting the 'ad' part of the domain name and blocking it!
> >Otherwise you could try setting your Internet zone security setting to
> >Meduim (default). If you have the MS anti-phissing add-in it may also be
> >causing havoc with such a site.
> >"eddieb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:9E83F963-5183-4F33-AA9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC
> >> Olympic
> >> site.
> >> Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
> >> I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
> >> happens, I wonder...
> >> I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ed
> >
> >
>
> Had same problem with double click
> so added "127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net" to hosts
> and no more trouble.
>
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Will Renkel
> Wheaton, Ill.
> REGISTERD Linux User: 300583
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>

Thanks Will.
I have a sample hosts file, where is it supposed to go?


"Will Renkel" wrote:

> response at bottom
>
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >Hi Edd,
> >
> >I visited the site nbcolympics.com and tried to reproduce your problems but
> >I could not. I noticed that click a link on the left hand side (say
> >snowboarding) would point to nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html, but
> >that there seemed to be a redirect at that page to ad.doubleclick.com and
> >then a redirect back to the index page! They must be tracking ad impressions
> >on their pages!
> >
> >Since your browser is crashing and mine did not I can only assume that
> >either your browser secuirity settings or your firewall settings (if you
> >have one) don't like this redirecting. Usually firewall software also blocks
> >unwanted advertising and since the redirect is to ad.doubleclick.com it is
> >probably detecting the 'ad' part of the domain name and blocking it!
> >Otherwise you could try setting your Internet zone security setting to
> >Meduim (default). If you have the MS anti-phissing add-in it may also be
> >causing havoc with such a site.
> >"eddieb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:9E83F963-5183-4F33-AA9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC
> >> Olympic
> >> site.
> >> Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
> >> I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
> >> happens, I wonder...
> >> I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ed
> >
> >
>
> Had same problem with double click
> so added "127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net" to hosts
> and no more trouble.
>
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Will Renkel
> Wheaton, Ill.
> REGISTERD Linux User: 300583
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>

I found the hosts file.
Did not work for me though, still hangs.


"eddieb" wrote:

> Thanks Will.
> I have a sample hosts file, where is it supposed to go?
>
>
> "Will Renkel" wrote:
>
> > response at bottom
> >
> > (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > >Hi Edd,
> > >
> > >I visited the site nbcolympics.com and tried to reproduce your problems but
> > >I could not. I noticed that click a link on the left hand side (say
> > >snowboarding) would point to nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html, but
> > >that there seemed to be a redirect at that page to ad.doubleclick.com and
> > >then a redirect back to the index page! They must be tracking ad impressions
> > >on their pages!
> > >
> > >Since your browser is crashing and mine did not I can only assume that
> > >either your browser secuirity settings or your firewall settings (if you
> > >have one) don't like this redirecting. Usually firewall software also blocks
> > >unwanted advertising and since the redirect is to ad.doubleclick.com it is
> > >probably detecting the 'ad' part of the domain name and blocking it!
> > >Otherwise you could try setting your Internet zone security setting to
> > >Meduim (default). If you have the MS anti-phissing add-in it may also be
> > >causing havoc with such a site.
> > >"eddieb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > >news:9E83F963-5183-4F33-AA9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC
> > >> Olympic
> > >> site.
> > >> Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
> > >> I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
> > >> happens, I wonder...
> > >> I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Ed
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Had same problem with double click
> > so added "127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net" to hosts
> > and no more trouble.
> >
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Will Renkel
> > Wheaton, Ill.
> > REGISTERD Linux User: 300583
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >

response at bottom

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>Thanks Will.
>I have a sample hosts file, where is it supposed to go?
>
>
>"Will Renkel" wrote:
>
>> response at bottom
>>
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> >Hi Edd,
>> >
>> >I visited the site nbcolympics.com and tried to reproduce your problems but
>> >I could not. I noticed that click a link on the left hand side (say
>> >snowboarding) would point to nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html, but
>> >that there seemed to be a redirect at that page to ad.doubleclick.com and
>> >then a redirect back to the index page! They must be tracking ad impressions
>> >on their pages!
>> >
>> >Since your browser is crashing and mine did not I can only assume that
>> >either your browser secuirity settings or your firewall settings (if you
>> >have one) don't like this redirecting. Usually firewall software also blocks
>> >unwanted advertising and since the redirect is to ad.doubleclick.com it is
>> >probably detecting the 'ad' part of the domain name and blocking it!
>> >Otherwise you could try setting your Internet zone security setting to
>> >Meduim (default). If you have the MS anti-phissing add-in it may also be
>> >causing havoc with such a site.
>> >"eddieb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:9E83F963-5183-4F33-AA9C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> IE6 hangs and stops responding when I click certain links on the NBC
>> >> Olympic
>> >> site.
>> >> Esp. the links along the left side of the home page.
>> >> I noticed "doubleclick" appears in the text in the status bar when this
>> >> happens, I wonder...
>> >> I haven't noticed this behavior with any other site yet.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Ed
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Had same problem with double click
>> so added "127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net" to hosts
>> and no more trouble.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> Will Renkel
>> Wheaton, Ill.
>> REGISTERD Linux User: 300583
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>

The file to be updated - C:\winnt\systems32\drivers\etc\hosts - is a text file
So just add an entry that looks like this at bottom...

127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net


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Will Renkel
Wheaton, Ill.
REGISTERD Linux User: 300583

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