Some website called ning.com is royally pissing me off right now. It mainly pops up in my hotmail email (moreso replaces the current page with it's sign up page and doesn't give the option to go back a page). It's really pissing me off since I try and check my email and the f***ing thing keeps popping up. Any way I can fully block this site from showing up? IE make it so I can't go to it?:: angry ::
Anybody else getting pissed off by ning.com?
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Edit the file C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
Under the line "127.0.0.1 localhost"
Add the following:
127.0.0.1 ning.com
127.0.0.1 www.ning.com
Read my post on how the internet works here:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1404525&postcount=7
What this basically does is tell your computer that ning.com is your local machine, effectively overriding DNS and cutting off access to it. Anything in the hosts file overrides any answer that a DNS server might give.
That should do it.
You should also download an install:
AdAware - http://www.lavasoft.com/
SpyBot Search & Destroy - www.safer-networking.org/
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Sounds like your PC is infected with malware.
Ning sounds like a shady outfit at best:
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/03/ning-exposed-tech-company-ning-scams-its-clients/
You a member of any ning 'communities'?
P.S. Be sure the file hosts is saved without an extension. hosts.txt or hosts.doc won't work - it must be just 'hosts'
Under the line "127.0.0.1 localhost"
Add the following:
127.0.0.1 ning.com
127.0.0.1 www.ning.com
Read my post on how the internet works here:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1404525&postcount=7
What this basically does is tell your computer that ning.com is your local machine, effectively overriding DNS and cutting off access to it. Anything in the hosts file overrides any answer that a DNS server might give.
That should do it.
You should also download an install:
AdAware - http://www.lavasoft.com/
SpyBot Search & Destroy - www.safer-networking.org/
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Sounds like your PC is infected with malware.
Ning sounds like a shady outfit at best:
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/03/ning-exposed-tech-company-ning-scams-its-clients/
You a member of any ning 'communities'?
P.S. Be sure the file hosts is saved without an extension. hosts.txt or hosts.doc won't work - it must be just 'hosts'
Thank you Mike, I appreciate it. As far as I know I'm not part of any ning.com communities. Although they are advertising in hotmail now it seems.
mkiiSupraMan18, I'm sure it's ning.com and not bing.com
mkiiSupraMan18, I'm sure it's ning.com and not bing.com
smitfraudfix also works wonders for most malware/spyware/adware and DNS hijacks.
http://siri.geekstogo.com
http://siri.geekstogo.com
Isn't Ning a Gay Porn site?? 
What ya been up to Adam is there something you want to get out of the closet??
What ya been up to Adam is there something you want to get out of the closet??
IJ.;1447123 said:Isn't Ning a Gay Porn site??
What ya been up to Adam is there something you want to get out of the closet??
LOL, the only thing coming out of the closet is my kitty (she sleeps in there on a bed we made from extra blankets and a sleeping bag).
LOL, Cat (not Kat) sleeps in the bed. I have 2 felines (moreso my landlord has 2 cats and they've adopted us as their new owners).