Have you...

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third party Cookies ??

regards, Richard



"RobertVA" <robert_c72athotmail@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Am I misunderstanding the use of the Hosts file to block web sites?
>
> I thought adding "127.0.0.1 acme.com" was supposed to override the
> Domain Name Server's data for the IP address when ANY browsers requested a
> page from acme.com (made up domain name), directing the browser to the
> local hard drive. Since the requested page probably isn't on my hard drive
> this should permit me to block things like advertising pop-ups from that
> site.
>
> So many sites won't function without JavaScript. I'm not enthusiastic
> about turning it off.
>
> However, I continue to find cookies from these domains when I scan for
> tracking cookies. Third party cookies are turned off in my browser
> security settings too. Today I was even subject to a pop-up window with
> one of the supposedly blocked domains displaying in the browser address
> bar!
>
> IF the sites opening these ads are using the site's actual IP address to
> bypass the Hosts file, should the address bar be displaying the IP address
> or the URL?
>
> TIA