Block AdSense on your computer
Tips, tricks & toolsIf you monetize your websites using Google AdSense, the last thing you want to do is accidently click your own ads. To completely disable AdSense on your PC, here’s what your should do.
1. Open your hosts file using Notepad. Depending on what version of Windows you’re using, it can be found here:
Windows 95 - C:windows
Windows 98 - C:\windows
Windows Me - C:\windows
Windows 2000 - C:windows\system32\drivers\etc
Windows XP - C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
Windows NT - C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc
Windows Vista - C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc
2. Paste this at the bottom of the file:
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
3. Restart your browser - AdSense should be GONE!
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July 26th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Thanks for this. I did this a while ago, but forgot how to do it when I reinstalled Windows.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:43 am
Very useful tip indeed, although i think Google wouldn’t make any problems with one or two accidentally clicks.