Blocking AdBrite Interstitial Ads

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Blocking AdBrite Interstitial Ads

I really can't stand the interstitial ads that make the whole screen white and force you to wait a few seconds until you can click the "skip this ad" button in the top right corner. New York Times is notorious for this. Any way to block these ads?

I know on Windows you can add this to the HOSTS file and it will specifically block the interstitial ads created by the Ad-Brite company:
127.0.0.1 adbrite.com #[Ewido.TrackingCookie.Adbrite]
127.0.0.1 1.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 2.adbrite.com #[SiteAdvisor.findwhatevernow.com]
127.0.0.1 3.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 4.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 ads.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 click.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 files.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 pic.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 vid.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 site.www.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 stats.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 www.adbrite.com
127.0.0.1 www.avnads.com
127.0.0.1 www.britepic.com
127.0.0.1 1.httpads.com #[1adbrite.adbrite.com.akadns.net]
127.0.0.1 1.marketbanker.com
127.0.0.1 2.marketbanker.com
127.0.0.1 www.marketbanker.com

How do you do this on a Mac?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jun 12, 2010 5:57 PM

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Niel

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Jun 12, 2010 6:18 PM in response to 9th Wonder

Edit the file /private/etc/hosts with a tool such as TextWrangler.

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9th Wonder Author

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Jun 13, 2010 7:05 AM in response to Niel

Quick question cuz I'm a noob.

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
Do I insert my text here?
::1 localhost
or here?

Or does it matter?

What does this line mean? "::1 localhost"

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