Non Ubuntu question

[Jim Byrnes]

Graham Todd wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:24:55 +0900
> Gryllida<gryllida at gmail.com>  uttered these words:
>
>>> A while back I was having that trouble on three different browsers
>>> while on fb = Opera, FF&  Chrome - and it was on Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> Do the obvious first: dump your cache, clear your cookies - reboot.
>>> Go to FB.
>>>
>>> Wade
> [snipped]
>
> To those I'd add: get a good hosts file.  It works on Linux and Windows.
>
> An explanation of how this works in Windows can be found at:
>
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
> The hosts file there is one of the best around and help prevent you
> from being redirected to other sites.  It can be got at:
>
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
>
> Under Linux, this is how to add that hosts file.
>
> 1. Copy all the text file on the above webpage.
>
> 2. Get your existing hosts file up in a text editor with root
> privileges.  For those of you using gedit as your text editor, put this
> in your terminal:
>
> sudo gedit /etc/hosts
>
> 3. Add the copied text *underneath* the existing text (do *not* remove
> the existing text).
>
> 3. Remove the line from the copied text just below the commented text
> which says:
>
> 127.0.0.1		localhost
>
> (because its duplicated above at the start)
>
> 4. Save the file.
>
> 5. Reboot.
>
> If you're trying to make your system more secure, I'd suggest getting a
> good filtering proxy (such as Privoxy) as well, but to see if you are
> being redirected to a "nasty" site, this will help.
>
> --
> Graham Todd
>
>
>

I am using Firefox with the Adblock Plus add on. Is this still a good idea?

Regards,  Jim