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ad.doubleclick.net slowing browser down

Asked by Chionesu

When browsing yahoo website using firefox, it is trying to access a wbsite named "ad.doubleclick.net" which is causing the browser to freeze. How can I get rid of "ad.doubleclick.net"?

I am using Drapper Drake.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Launch Firefox and add the Adblock Plus estension for Firefox, may solve your issue:
install it from this page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Hope this helps

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Best Sébastien Corriveau (sebcor-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

As root, type the following command:

    echo 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net >> /etc/hosts

You may have to restart your browser if it has cached the DNS entry you want to mask.

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Chionesu (chionesu) said : 		#3

Thanks Sébastien Corriveau, that solved my question.