What is googlesyndication.com?
 

When I look at Random pictures it says that in the lower bar as internet explorer hangs for 10 15 seconds with all the green boxes lit in the lower right.

Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated!

It's for google's stats software (which Wayne is running) and I think google Ads, also.

I get that too. On my home dial up, it is a major PITA! I figured it was advertisements loading. Is there anyway to block it while still allowing the website to open?

Yes, there is. In notepad, open up C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc and add the following line

127.0.0.1 googlesyndication.com

It'll throw Wayne's stats and ad serving off though...

Ya forgot the file name ;). open the 'hosts' file.

I don't understand all this gibberish. Will typing in what Slowtoady suggested work, or will it screw something up in my computer?

Ahaha..good catch Slodave. Don't know how I left that off.

Tim, open the file C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in NotePad and add

127.0.0.1 googlesyndication.com

I guarantee it will work, and won't screw anything up.

It'll work without screwing anything up. The entire path is:
C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

The file should look similar to this:
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost


Add what SlowToady put to the bottom of the file and save. There whould be no file extension.

Dave

What does this do?

Is this a good guess? When it sees that url instead of going out on the Internet it goes locally to 127.0.0.1 and gets some null data or something.

Basically, instead of resolving the IP address of googlesyndication.com through your (or your ISPs) DNS server, it gets it from the host file as 127.0.0.1. 127.0.0.1 is a local loopback address; it is *always* the local machine you are at. Basically, it resolves to your local machine, gets nothing, and allows the page you are trying to view to finish loading.

Use 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 - the all zeros will null route it, the 127... will make it try and connect to your computer...

Of course, when I go to http://127.0.0.1 all I get is a ton of porn. I'm gonna hack that server and fix it up....