Kontera - how do I make it go away?

Question

Level 1

39 points

Kontera - how do I make it go away?

Is there a way to disable Kontera - the tech that litters many web pages with those annoying ad links (denoted by the double underlines... which display popups if you are unfortunate to mouse over them)?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6), iPhone, iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook, Airport Express and Extreme, ATV

Posted on Sep 24, 2009 4:53 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Best reply

Golden Shoes

Level 5

4,020 points

Sep 24, 2009 7:32 AM in response to EdMartin

Greetings,

You can block it in your Hosts file.

Open Terminal and copy/paste this line:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts

It should open up a text file behind Terminal. Go to the end of that file, press Enter or Return for a new line and paste this:

0.0.0.0 kontera.com

Save, (not Save As…), and quit both applications.

Reply

Answer 2

EdMartin Author

Level 1

39 points

Sep 24, 2009 8:22 AM in response to Golden Shoes

Thank you!!!

Reply

Answer 3

EdMartin Author

Level 1

39 points

Oct 29, 2009 4:41 AM in response to Golden Shoes

They're baaaaack...

Looks like Kontera has changed something. The advice above fixed it but all of a sudden the annoying Kontera popups are back. I verified that the line above still appears in my hosts file.

Any advice?

Reply

Answer 4

EdMartin Author

Level 1

39 points

Oct 29, 2009 4:57 AM in response to EdMartin

I Googled and found 2 Safari add-ons' that supposedly block it. First I tried Safari Adblock. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. According to the notes, under 10.6, Safari has to run in 32-bit mode.

Then I found GlimmerBlocker. It works. http://glimmerblocker.org/

Both are free.

Reply