Sorry Damon, but since you don't seem to think it is a problem selling our privacy, time and screen space, I don't have a problem helping others block it...
Unfortunately popup killers still allow the sites to be paid for the practice as the software must retrieve the ad before knowing it is an ad. As a user you can block ads before the request is made and help deter this shady model...
For the TheBeachcats.com, assuming Windows/MS IE you should:
Browser:Tools:Internet Options:Privacy Tab:Edit (override area): add "thebeachcats.com", "fastclick.net" and set to "always block". This will block the tracking cookies but not the site content.
Now you can block fastclick ads from displaying by adding an entry in your "hosts" file with
"127.0.0.1 media.fastclick.net"
In W95/98 this text file should be C:\windows\hosts
In NT,2k,xp c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
On a MAC use format "media.fastclick.net CNAME 127.0.0.1" (save this through the TCP/IP control panel).
This will stop access to that site by re-directing it to your local machine... you will see a 404 error screen where the ad would have been.
Read more at:
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/spam/adblock.shtml http://ssmedia.com/utilities/hosts/ Both sites have a full list of ad providers you can block locally and significantly speen up your browsing if on a slow connection.
