Found another way of blocking spam sites / pop-up ads without using any pop-up blocking/heavy anti-virus softwares. Here’s how…
- In Windows, go to the directory… C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
- Locate the hosts file
- Open the host file using the notepad
- Add the domain name we want to block in this format: 127.0.0.1 www.************.com
- Save and close the file
and here are more links on how to use this host file…