Thread: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Old 10-06-2008, 20:12   #8568
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Originally Posted by Dephormation View Post
Here's curious. BT customers, don't try this at home (because your UID/security credentials will leak to an American server operated by Phorm).

Add this line to your host file (either /etc/hosts on linux, or c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. on Windows).

207.44.186.90 www.webwise.bt.com

This causes www.webwise.bt.com to resolve to its old US of A address. Now visit www.webwise.bt.com in your browser... tada! Its still there!

Hey welcome to dubyadubyadubya.webwise.bt.com, have a nice day now.

So while they changed the DNS, they didn't actually take the site down.

Anyway, sorry for that irrelevant interlude. I'm off to compose my letter to Ms Reding.
wouldn't it have been easier just to put the ip into the address bar?
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