[Angela]

Originally Posted by #Ian#

IE-SpyAd. (http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD) Throws numerous ad-related URLs into IE's Restricted Zone, where they won't display or affect your system. Bookmark this one, since it's the only one that doesn't have an in-program update.

Does that differ in any way from editing the hostfile?