Re: Yahoo's new full screen banner ads (IE settings to block?)

From: siljaline (siljaline_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/17/04


Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:17:01 -0500


<piclistguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yahoo and a few other websites are displaying banner ads (Walmart -
> this week) on their main pages that appear almost full screen for a
> several seconds before allowing you to proceed. Is there a way to block
> this type of web page animation through IE settings?

With a small tweak called a HOSTS file.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Silj

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