How can I eliminate a Spanish-speaking American Express commercial on my Yahoo! Finance page?

Question

How can I eliminate a Spanish-speaking American Express commercial on my Yahoo! Finance page?

Answer 1

Right click on the ad, select properties, and then see what the URL is of the site outputting the ad.  It may be something like ads.yimg.com, ad.doubleclick.net, etc.

Put the appropriate entries in your system's HOSTS file:

127.0.0.1 ads.yimg.com

127.0.0.1 us.yimg.com

127.0.0.1 us.ard.yahoo.com

127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net

Save the HOSTS file and close all browser windows and restart IE.  After this, you will either get a small box with an X in it or a box saying "The page cannot be displayed, yadda, yadda . . .

Note: For XP the HOSTS file is located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS.

There is also the possibility that the add is a Flash Player ad.  It is possible to change your flash player settings to block the site generating the ad.