Blocking a shock site

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 18 May 2009, 15:56

Hello, I'd like to block the "last measure" site from my computer. For those that don't know this is a very innovative shock site where replacing the asterisk with anything redirects to the shock site. [I have rendered the link useless with (dot).]

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http:*on(dot)nimp(dot)org

Mehtods I am aware of is the host file method but decided not to use it. Another avenue I explored is using this firefox add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145.

But the add on failed me. (perhaps I entered the wrong code in the blacklist)

So I'm asking what other ways are there to block this site ?

Background reading:

http://blog.siteadvisor.com/2007/04/las ... _int.shtml

http://web.archive.org/web/200601111444 ... st_Measure

(an old wikipedia article)

Post by **DNR** » 19 May 2009, 06:18

With a host based firewall like Comodo, I can just add URLs into a 'zone' to block it.

DNR

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 22 May 2009, 12:16

OK I instaled comodo but now lastfm doesn't work. Is this a coincidence or is it related?

Post by **bad_brain** » 23 May 2009, 05:40

hm, could only be a wrong firewall setting in context with your media player....check them..

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 21 Jun 2009, 11:17

It seems comodo has a built in anti virus feature. Do you think I should uninstall AVG to free up resources?

Post by **bad_brain** » 21 Jun 2009, 12:04

well, 2 AVs at the same time is not only bad for the resources, they could also interfere with each other. so: yes...