Anti-Ad Blocker
– by Ian Cook
By now you've read our article on Norton Internet Security 2004's nifty ad blocking features, so you know all about the included and on-by-default ad blocker.
You've probably also tried our subscribers only page analyzer. And if you're involved with an affiliate program, host banner advertisements, or run Google Adwords, then you've probably seen that you have problems.
Luckily, we have a solution for you
Typically, advertising graphics are served by central ad servers. These ad servers are on the NIS2004 block list, so they will be removed by the ad filter.
The key to bypassing the filter is to serve all graphics from your own, unblocked, server (that only you use) instead of the blocked ad servers (that everyone uses).
We have created a script that will allow you to transparently re-serve the images from your own site by acting as a middle-man between the ad server and the NIS2004 protected web browser. That means you can use this script to rename any URL that contains terms that would otherwise be blocked.
Here's how this works
Your banner is located at the following address:
http://www.qksrv.net/click-1369086-9925661
The domain qksrv.net is listed in the NIS2004 block list, so any calls to the link above would be blocked.
Using our script, you create an alias URL that points to the URL above which looks like:
http://www.yoursite.com/aab/index.php/imgalias
When the page is loaded, the new alias silently and transparently pulls the image through the alias you created and redelivers it to the requesting browser. Now it appears that you are hosting all your own images, and assuming your site is not on their block list and you didn't include a blocked term in your alias name (don't name your alias 'qksrvad1' in other words), you will have no trouble gett...
