Banners will not appear anymore

[LAshooter]

I'm having a strange problem that I can't explain. I'm going to sites that
work fine when viewed from others' computers and from my work computer, but
here at home no banners ever load. A few sites I know of have a 468x60
banner as their "masthead", but when viewed here the banner is missing. If I
go to Tools and View Source, there is no reference to the IMG SRC at all --
only something like <TD> </TD>. It's as if the IMG SRC tag was never
downloaded...? Other websites that have a similar banner that is a size
other than 468x60 appear just fine, so I'm guessing something is blocking
the IMG based on its dimensions?

The only popup killer that I'm running is AdsGone, but I still have this
problem even when AdsGone has been totally shut off (the whole process
killed in Task Mgr). Since this is an IMG SRC rather than a pop-up, I
figured that was not a likely suspect anyways.

Running 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158. (Never seen a version # like
that before) Can anyone help me guess what could cause this problem???

Thanks!
Wm

 

[Jerry McEwen]

I'm having a strange problem that I can't explain. I'm going to sites that
work fine when viewed from others' computers and from my work computer, but
here at home no banners ever load. A few sites I know of have a 468x60
banner as their "masthead", but when viewed here the banner is missing. If I
go to Tools and View Source, there is no reference to the IMG SRC at all --
only something like <TD> </TD>. It's as if the IMG SRC tag was never
downloaded...? Other websites that have a similar banner that is a size
other than 468x60 appear just fine, so I'm guessing something is blocking
the IMG based on its dimensions?

The only popup killer that I'm running is AdsGone, but I still have this
problem even when AdsGone has been totally shut off (the whole process
killed in Task Mgr). Since this is an IMG SRC rather than a pop-up, I
figured that was not a likely suspect anyways.

Running 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158. (Never seen a version # like
that before) Can anyone help me guess what could cause this problem???

Thanks!
Wm

Sounds like your blocker is blocking.

Visit http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and download the Hosts
file (http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip), open in Notepad and
I bet this is some of the stuff getting blocked. You can edit it and
maybe override what the blocker is doing (try making the file
read-only when you are done editing)..

 

[LAshooter]

I took a look at the file referenced but none of my websites are listed
there. I found a HOSTS file here on my local computer, but it only had
127.0.0.1 localhost listed -- no other sites. Are sites that are listed in
the HOSTS file blocked, or allowed???

I tried shutting down my AdsGone blocker again (going to Task Mgr and
shutting down all processes that could be remotely related). I still get the
same problem -- any IMG SRC tag that references a 468x60 image is not
downloaded.

I'm at a total loss...

BTW, I tried the new Firefox browser and am experiencing the same thing...

Wm

 

[Gary Smith]

Sites listed in HOSTS are neither blocked nor allowed. They are bound to
the IP address specified in the file. Thus localhost, which refers to
your own machine, is bound to 127.0.0.1, which by convention refers to
your own machine. Anything else associated in HOSTS with that IP address
is also bound to your machine, so an entry like "127.0.0.1
www.obnoxiousadware.com" will cause any software on your machine that uses
the IP protocol to attempt to locate obnoxiousadware.com on your own
machine, raher than going to a Domain Name Server to find it. That
attempt of course will fail, effectively blocking all access to
obnoxiousadware.com.

There are other things you can do with the HOSTS file, but most are useful
only in a very restricted set of circumstances.

I took a look at the file referenced but none of my websites are listed
there. I found a HOSTS file here on my local computer, but it only had
127.0.0.1 localhost listed -- no other sites. Are sites that are listed in
the HOSTS file blocked, or allowed???

I tried shutting down my AdsGone blocker again (going to Task Mgr and
shutting down all processes that could be remotely related). I still get the
same problem -- any IMG SRC tag that references a 468x60 image is not
downloaded.