What is googlesyndication.com?

[rick-l]

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.

[slodave]

Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated!

[SlowToady]

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

[Tim Hancock]

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?

[SlowToady]

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...

[slodave]

Originally Posted by SlowToady

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.

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by slodave

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?

[SlowToady]

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.

[slodave]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

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

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

[rick-l]

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.

[SlowToady]

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.

[id10t]

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....