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Subject: Re: blocked counter.fide.com

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 21:49:45 11/24/01

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On November 25, 2001 at 00:24:55, Sally Weltrop wrote:

>On November 24, 2001 at 06:51:34, William Penn wrote:
>
>>I have now blocked counter.fide.com which appears at the bottom of messages and
>>lists here. Added a new line "0.0.0.0 counter.fide.com" to my HOSTS file.
>
>How do I edit the host file with WinXP so I can get this parasitic device off my
>back. ALSO when m posting this, CCC is sending out more info to
>commerce.fide.com & leader.linkexchange.com.

I got "Hosts Administrator" here:
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10101-100-871256.html?tag=st.dl.10000-103-1.lst-7-6.871256

it for 2in95 BUT it "seems" to work with WinXP
>
>Pretty LOW for CCC to do this as they fully knew what they were doing AND they
>didn't tell no one.
>
> That
>>does it. It's a nuisance, slows down page loading, and appears on quite a few
>>different chess sites. I also suspect it of being spyware. Anyway, I won't see
>>it anymore!  :o)
>>WP



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