Add Deadlink

[Ruku]

Noticed a dead link source in the add in the top right corner... just saying...

[MartinLiss]

Please explain.

[Ruku]

Originally posted by MartinLiss
Please explain.

Well, you know the advertisement frame in the top right of the page, I saw an error 404 meaning it's a dead link... If I see it again, I'll check what was the adress...

[MartinLiss]

So a dead link to an Ad is a bad thing?

[Ruku]

Originally posted by MartinLiss
So a dead link to an Ad is a bad thing?

Welll... might as well remove it, no? And I mean, its the src frame that doesn't show, in the square box it shows this:

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The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

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Please try the following:

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Open the ad.doubleclick.net home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
Click the Back button to try another link.
HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Information Services


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Technical Information (for support personnel)

More information:
Microsoft Support

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and I duno what the src link is... I can't see the php code... only html sooo

[The Hobo]

Curious, I haven't seen a dead image or anything. Are you sure you don't have any kind of firewall or something in your hosts file that might prevent a certain ad from showing up?

I've been browsing around the boards a lot today and haven't seen anything.

[Electroman]

Ruku, did it only happen once? If so its probably just a bad connection while you connected to the sub page.

[Ruku]

Originally posted by Electroman
Ruku, did it only happen once? If so its probably just a bad connection while you connected to the sub page.

Nop, a few times... That's why I could post what it showed... and ya I got a firewall... but it shouldn't disable html browsing! nyways, some other people must've seen the same dead page... anyone?

[mendhak]

Ad blockers and the likes can do that. I have it at home, and I see the 404 page all the time.

At work, on Firefox, I see nothing.

(Hmm... shouldn't it be the other way around? Firefox at home and IE at work... )

[Ruku]

Hmm, but I have no add-blocker, it's simply a firewall, (BlackIce), who detects probes, sub7 attacks, etc and logs which port where used over what connection, and does an auto-traceroot to log the attackers gets info on them, etc etc...

Nothing about html browsing, nothing about window title search shuting down undesired pages. Sooo, ?

[The Hobo]

Is it still doing it Ruku?

Is anyone else seeing this? If not, then it must be something with your machine.

[Electroman]

Adds totally gone now. Blue bars go all the way across.As Brad once said this means there is no active add in place when this happens. Before that though I've always been seeing the add, never a 404 error.

[Ruku]

Originally posted by Spetnik
I am sorry, I must interject here. They are "ads", not "adds". "Ad" is short for "Advertisement". "Add" is a verb. See the definition here.

lol, true, so the AD... I think is this, and it doesnt work:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N2790.i...1322734.3;abr=!ie4;abr=!ie5;sz=300x250;ord=115104728?

happy now? (had to search in source code for all src parts... )

[The Hobo]

Originally posted by Ruku
lol, true, so the AD... I think is this, and it doesnt work:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N2790.i...ord=115104728?

happy now? (had to search in source code for all src parts... )

That link works perfectly for me. It's for a LiveMeeting 30-day trial. Do you see nothing when you go to it?

[Ruku]

hmm, odd, on my home computer it doesn't work, now I'm at school and it works fine...

[The Hobo]

Originally posted by Ruku
hmm, odd, on my home computer it doesn't work, now I'm at school and it works fine...

Is there something in your HOSTS file that blocks access to that site?

[Ruku]

Originally posted by The Hobo
Is there something in your HOSTS file that blocks access to that site?

HOSTS files... ? (I bet im askin a stupid question... hate askin stupid questions... feel like a n00b... )

[Danial]

Originally posted by Ruku
HOSTS files... ? (I bet im askin a stupid question... hate askin stupid questions... feel like a n00b... )

A host file is located in

\Windows Dir\System32\Driver\etc

It contains mapping of domain name to IP address. When you type an URL in the address bar it is always converted to IP adress using DNS Lookup. First thing Windows checks is the host file to see if there is any entry(a sort of cache) for that. As far as i know it originated from Unix system.

e.g www.vbforums.com to 63.236.73.220

If there is no entry then it will do DNS lookup to retrive the IP and then connect. If there is a IP specified then it will connect to that IP.

So as you can see if someone modifies your host file, they can redirect you to www.microsoft.com when you type www.vbforums.com.

The host file is a text file called host without any extension. By default it contains only one entry.

127.0.0.1 localhost

This means when you type localhost in your addressbar it will redirect you to your local IP adress(known as loopback address).

[mendhak]

If you have Kazaa Lite installed, it edits your host file and blocks certain ad sites (for your own good). That could be the reason.

[brad jones]

I've passed this thread information to the ad administrator.

Thanks Guys,

Brad!