Mosaic Mastercard ad

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Does any one know how to disable that incredibly annoying Mosaic Mastercard ad that runs on the WHL Schedules and Scores page? The one with the slapshot sound that seems to go on for ever?

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Open notepad, then open the file;

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

and you will see 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
The first number is the IP address, and the second column (seperated by a tab) is the host that it refers to.

Add 127.0.0.1[tab]ad.doubleclick.net after it, so that it looks like so


# 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
127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net

Now when it goes to look up that shockwave animation on that site, it will look for it on your computer instead of the ad-spewing website, and will no longer appear at the top (unless you set up a web server, and put the shockwave animation in the right path on your web server :D)

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Oh, and I don't know if this is a problem for you, but this will also disable the ads from this site on all sites if you do it. :D