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How the hell do I stop intellitxt from slowing down Safari? As in, how do I keep it from displaying at all? I fucking hate it. Hate it. It's quite possibly my most hated web technology. EVER. That's more than those epileptic seizure inducing flash ads. That's more than "your computer isn't protected!!!!111!!" ads. That's more than Tina. I've got the hosts file thing done. What else can I do?
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Thus far, I just 1) avoid sites that use it, since they clearly hate visitors, and 2) add the appropriate entry to /etc/hosts to block it.
Code:
0.0.0.0 itxt3.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 penton.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 compnet.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 devshed.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 forbes.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 icentric.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 lmcd.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 rydium.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 toms.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tribal.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pcwelt.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 softpedia.uk.intellitxt.com |
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If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Hmm. I just added those lines to my hosts file and lookupd -flushcache and it didn't work. Lemme try that again.
edit: couldn't I just do a *.intellitxt.com to get all the servers? If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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No, I don't think /etc/hosts supports wildcards.
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How do I find out the server that I should add? It looks like it works on MacNN but not on HowardForums.
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0.0.0.0 howardchui.us.intellitxt.com In Safari, Activity Monitor will show you. |
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# intellitxt
0.0.0.0 9down.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 askmen.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 askmen2.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 brothersoft.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 bargainpda.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 cheats.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 compnet.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 contactmusic.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 designtechnica.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 devshed.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 digitaltrends.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 examnotes.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 experts.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 forbes.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 foxnews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 freedownloadcenter.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gameworldindustries.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gamesradar.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gamestar.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 golem.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gorillanation.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hackedgadgets.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hardcoreware.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hardocp.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 honestjohn.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hotonlinenews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 howardchui.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 icentric.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ign.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 impactwrestling.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 inwow.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 itxt2.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 itxt3.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 joblo.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 johnchow.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 laptopmag.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 linuxforums.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 lmcd.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 macnn.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 max.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 mobile9.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 monstersandcritics.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 neowin.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 newcarnet.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 newlaunches.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ntcompatible.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ohgizmo.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 onlamp.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pcmag.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pcwelt.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 penton.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 physorg.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 planet-source-code.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 playfuls.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 postchronicle.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pspcave.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 rydium.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 savemanny.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 savvy.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 screensavers.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 siliconera.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 slashphone.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 soft32.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 softpedia.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 supportnet.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 teamtalk.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 techeblog.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 techspot.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 theforce.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 thoughtsmedia.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 toms.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tomsnetworking.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tribal.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 usads.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 usnews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 vtrhardware.fr.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 warcry.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 worldtravelguide.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 wintotal.de.intellitxt.com Took the liberty of filling my list a little more, kudos to Yahoo! Site Explorer.Last edited by chucker : 2006-11-03 at 07:44. |
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Yet more.
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Cool. I've been adding them to my list as you posted them.
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# intellitxt
0.0.0.0 9down.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 askmen.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 askmen2.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 brothersoft.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 bargainpda.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 cheats.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 chip.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 compnet.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 contactmusic.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 designtechnica.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 devshed.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 digitaltrends.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 download-tipp.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 examnotes.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 experts.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 forbes.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 foxnews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 freedownloadcenter.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gameworldindustries.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gamesradar.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gamestar.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 golem.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gorillanation.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hackedgadgets.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hardcoreware.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hardocp.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 honestjohn.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hotonlinenews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 howardchui.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 icentric.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ign.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 impactwrestling.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 inwow.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 itxt2.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 itxt3.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 joblo.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 johnchow.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 laptopmag.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 linuxforums.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 lmcd.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 macnn.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 max.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 mobile9.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 monstersandcritics.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 neowin.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 newcarnet.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 newlaunches.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ntcompatible.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ohgizmo.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 onlamp.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pcmag.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pcwelt.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 penton.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 physorg.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 planet-source-code.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 playfuls.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 postchronicle.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 prad.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pspcave.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 rydium.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 savemanny.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 savvy.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 screensavers.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 siliconera.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 slashphone.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 soft32.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 softpedia.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 supportnet.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 teamtalk.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tecchannel.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 techeblog.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 techspot.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 theforce.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 thoughtsmedia.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 toms.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tomshardware.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tomsnetworking.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tribal.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 usads.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 usnews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 vtrhardware.fr.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 webster-internet.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 warcry.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 worldtravelguide.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 windows-tweaks.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 winfuture.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 wintotal.de.intellitxt.com Added some more found at http://stoneman.no-ip.biz/chip/hosts |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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What the heck is Intellitxt anyway? I'm very afraid of it because of the vast number of subdomains you've been listing. A banner ad perhaps?
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Washington, DC
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It's an embedded ad, so to speak. You'll be looking at a page where a few words are highlighted within the body of text. Hover your mouse over one and a little text bubble appears with a clickable link to another site that's (supposedly) related to the original highlighted word.
They're legit, as in they're not malicious. They're a source of revenue for the site's owner. They also slow down Safari, which hesitates while the Intellitxt links and their little Javascripts load. Personally, I fucking hate them as well, and always try to disable them with their own cookies. Hover over a linked word, click on the little question mark button in the floater window, and a new window opens to Intellitxt's site that explains what it is and has a "Click here to disable" link at the very bottom. I'll try the methods explained here as well. These are half a step away from popup ads, IMO. |
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If you run firefox you can also just download the NoScript extension, which allows you to select which server's Javascript runs and which doesn't. Allows you to skip the intellitext crap without constantly updating your hosts file.
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ps - I hate that FF on windows now has "Alt+s" as History. If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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it's for history
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northern Ireland
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How about apple-j for Downjloads? :S
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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What kind of dumbass key shortcuts are those?!
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1) it works regardless of browser, engine, etc. It's 100% effective. 2) it is a layer apps have to go through anyway, so it provides no performance hit. It is significantly faster than having any sort of filter pre-fetch information and decide whether to load it or not. |
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Washington, DC
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So, do ya think that the modified /hosts file would work better & more quickly than the usercontent.css that I've gotten from floppymoose.com?
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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If you only want to block specific elements in a web page, using custom CSS is more effective but slower. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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I just found Intellitxt on Something Awful for the first time.
Does anyone know the slight vagaries of Omniweb so that I can block it? I seem to be in the right place, but the syntax of /'s \'s and .'s is confusing me a little. |
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Some more.
Code:
# intellitxt
0.0.0.0 9down.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 askmen.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 askmen2.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 brothersoft.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 bargainpda.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 cheats.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 chip.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 compnet.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 contactmusic.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 designtechnica.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 devshed.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 digitaltrends.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 download-tipp.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 examnotes.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 experts.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 forbes.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 foxnews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 freedownloadcenter.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gameworldindustries.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gamesradar.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gamestar.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 golem.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 gorillanation.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hackedgadgets.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hardcoreware.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hardocp.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 honestjohn.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 hotonlinenews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 howardchui.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 icentric.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ign.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 impactwrestling.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 inwow.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 itxt2.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 itxt3.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 joblo.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 johnchow.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 laptopmag.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 linuxforums.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 lmcd.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 macnn.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 max.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 mobile9.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 monstersandcritics.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 neowin.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 newcarnet.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 newlaunches.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ntcompatible.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 ohgizmo.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 onlamp.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pcmag.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pcwelt.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 penton.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 physorg.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 planet-source-code.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 playfuls.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 postchronicle.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 prad.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 pspcave.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 rydium.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 savemanny.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 savvy.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 screensavers.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 siliconera.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 slashphone.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 soft32.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 softpedia.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 supportnet.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 teamtalk.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tecchannel.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 techeblog.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 techspot.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 theforce.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 thetechlounge.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 thoughtsmedia.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 toms.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tomshardware.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tomsnetworking.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 tribal.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 usads.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 usnews.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 vtrhardware.fr.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 webster-internet.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 warcry.us.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 worldtravelguide.uk.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 windows-tweaks.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 winfuture.de.intellitxt.com
0.0.0.0 wintotal.de.intellitxt.com Bryson, I believe justCode:
*\.intellitxt\.com should do. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Thanks Chucker. In the end I worked it out, it was:
Code:
*\.intellitxt\.com/ Note the extra slash at the end.Totally unexplained in the manual, and not obvious. Naughty Omni! |
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Washington, DC
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So that's the catch-all line to use? I can ditch all the .intellitxt entries that I've got so far (thanks to the ones posted here, plus a couple I had to add myself)?
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Less than Stellar Member
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My biggest gripe with OW's ad blocking scheme is the arcane syntax. I just want to block the server, not learn how to use grep!
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Someone should post a list of websites where Intellitxt appears then get Dugg, to shame the websites where it appears (unless that's already been done).
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