xads.clik.org switches me to my home page

[dave]

that site somehow opens up arbitrarily and turns into my
homepage, but only shows up on the bottom of the screen
where the file is minimized. I cannot open the wondow
though. This happens about once every 5-10 minutes. how
do I stop this?

 

[siljaline]

that site somehow opens up arbitrarily and turns into my
homepage, but only shows up on the bottom of the screen
where the file is minimized. I cannot open the wondow
though. This happens about once every 5-10 minutes. how
do I stop this?

Blocking Unwanted Ads with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

See also: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

HTH
--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_