On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 10:58:49 +1100 Daniel Pittman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] browser question > logical american <[email protected]> writes: ... > > I am now getting dozens and dozens of connections on my > > Mozilla Firefox browser and chasing some of them down seems > > to lead to my own IP company, but located transnationally. > > Once I saw 76 connections after I landed on a web page. (I > > realize that web pages do contain multiple embedded URLs but > > this is ridiculous). Even coming up on a search engine now > > seems to bring up unrelated sites. > > ... > However, you might be able to address at least some of your > issues with some combination (for Firefox; alternatives exist > for other platforms) of AdBlock+, together with the EasyPrivacy > list, and/or Ghostery. > ... May I also suggest NoScript. It helps block ads, and also allows you to block web sites that you don't want to connect to. It's quite amazing how many other web sites some of these pages connect to. And they connect to others, which connect to others... Bleah. --Dale -- "I have a cat with three ears. I think it's some kind of mewtant." _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
