Blocking ads via HOSTS for ISA ?

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From: StinkFinger (stinky_at_pinky.com)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:15:48 -0900

All,
I am currently using a custom HOSTS file to block banners, popups, ads, etc.
For example,

127.0.0.1 downloads.aaa1screensavers.com #[Bargin Buddy]
127.0.0.1 abcsearch.com
127.0.0.1 admin.abcsearch.com
127.0.0.1 www3.abcsearch.com #[Browseraid]
127.0.0.1 www.abcsearch.com
127.0.0.1 abc517.net #[Trojan.Mitglieder.H]
127.0.0.1 absoluagency.com #[Trojan.StartPage.H]

etc. etc. etc.

Is there an easy way to add this sort of blocking to ISA 2004 ? This way, I
can update the list in one place instead of pushing out new HOSTS files.

Thanks.

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