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11/15/2006: "Do Google Ads Get Your Goat?"

You may not be bothered by Google Adsense ads when you search. But some folks are. If you're one of them, here's how to get rid of them forever.

First locate the hosts file. Here is the usual location for the major Windows versions:

Windows 9x, ME C:\WINDOWS
Windows NT (and some 2K) C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc Windows 2K, XP, 2003 C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

The Hosts file is simply called "HOSTS" and has no file extension.

If you don't have a HOSTS file, simply take out NotePad or your favorite text editor and make one. Be sure and do not give it an extension, such as txt.

Then simply drop this in your HOSTS file:

127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com

That's it. Now do a Google search and you should have no Google Adsense ads. By the way, you can block any site or IP addresses you want using this handy file.

Here are some host file download sites and information sites about the Host file:

http://www.hosts-file.net/
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

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