NETPRO
@rogers.com
| [ Express] Workarounds for Rogers' web hijacking
I have found a few ways to filter out the annoying Rogers hijacking notification on the top of our browsers:
1. The Best and easiest way. Rule Based Firewall. Block anything to 64.71.251.10.It's the rogers' hijacking server. Tested with built-in Vista firewall fine and Norton 360.
2. Personal proxy server. filter out url: »64.71.251.10/ByteCap-100-ES-English/index.js
(Not sure if they have French link, use a sniffer to find out) OR simply fileter out IP if your proxy has such feature.
3. Anti-adware.Not the normal one, but proxy based, such as freeware adscraper. It's slow and affects other web site view though.
Con: since rogers hijack your page and try to redirect you to their url from time to time, you will see a blank page with "done" at the bottom. Just hit refresh once or twice. |
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Robrr
join:2008-04-19
Guelph, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
| Hey thats good to hear...I punched the IP in on my router's firewall so that should stop or at least slow down all the junk coming from them 
Hmm I wonder if it will stop there little bit that pops up when you get to 75% of your usage for the month. |
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NETPRO
@rogers.com | for sure. they are coming from the same server, both the 75% and 100% notification. Cheers! |
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Stewy
Premium
join:2007-12-12
Kitchener, ON | what browsers are you using, I have firefox with flashblock and Norton 360 and I haven't seen the rogers grayware popups.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware#Grayware |
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buttaknife
join:2007-06-01 | reply to NETPRO
I use Firefox, NoScript and OpenDNS and I haven't seen it yet, not even a pop up block. |
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Robrr
join:2008-04-19
Guelph, ON | reply to NETPRO
I'm stuck with IE, other people in my house dont like when I change stuff to make it better. |
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RandomZero
join:2008-01-07 | reply to NETPRO
The best and easiest way is to use 4.2.2.1/2/3/4 as your DNS servers.
They're fast, never go down, and I'm pretty sure they're corporate. |
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Robrr
join:2008-04-19
Guelph, ON | reply to NETPRO
I've also got my DNS pointed there as well. |
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twizlar
I dont think so.
Premium
join:2003-12-24
Brantford, ON | reply to RandomZero
Those are the Level3 open dns servers in chicago.
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Broadline Networks Inc. |
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clewis4u91
join:2007-03-17
Orangeville, ON | I have not seen a single one of these web page notifications. I've even switched my DNS servers back and still nothing. I know for a fact that I've gone over the limit this month, so meh, guess I won't have to worry about seeing them anyways. |
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gurn
@rogers.com | reply to NETPRO
there is a way to opt out of seeing them all together. |
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RandomZero
join:2008-01-07
| reply to twizlar
said by twizlar  :Those are the Level3 open dns servers in chicago. I heard they were verizon. Can't remmeber where I heard it though. |
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twizlar
I dont think so.
Premium
join:2003-12-24
Brantford, ON
·Mountain Cable
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| OrgName: Level 3 Communications, Inc.
OrgID: LVLT
Address: 1025 Eldorado Blvd.
City: Broomfield
StateProv: CO
PostalCode: 80021
Country: US
NetRange: 4.0.0.0 - 4.255.255.255
CIDR: 4.0.0.0/8
NetName: LVLT-ORG-4-8
NetHandle: NET-4-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.LEVEL3.NET
NameServer: NS2.LEVEL3.NET
Comment:
RegDate:
Updated: 2004-06-04
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Broadline Networks Inc. |
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Fighter
@rogers.com
| reply to NETPRO
There is another good workaround on this problem:
everybody sends email and calls their helpdesk everyday until they give up. Otherwise, we will jam their mailbox and lines. After all, we are customers who are asking reasonable questions. It's our rights. |
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Nemo888
join:2005-12-25
Canada
·Rogers Hi-Speed
edit:
April 21st, @11:26PM
| reply to NETPRO
What is the big deal? I like the 75%/100% messages(hit 75% yesterday, hit acknoledge, done. No more messages till 100%) If you want just check "Do Not Send These Messages" instead of acknoledge and you never get one again. What a whiny over reaction.
I think 95GB a month is fair for the price and I don't want to go over. Compared to throttling which was pure hell this is awesome. Now that Teksavvy and third parties are being throttled this is the best deal in Canada. |
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mordin
42 inches of 1080p
Premium
join:2005-05-28
Moncton, NB
| said by Nemo888 :Compared to throttling which was pure hell this is awesome. Now that Teksavvy and third parties are being throttled this is the best deal in Canada. But Rogers still has throttling - even with caps, overage charges & warning banners. If your Rogers area is suffering throttling it's a 24/7 thing. Bell is throttling it's customers & 3rd party resellers during prime time only - roughly between 5 - 12pm.
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Intel P4 2.8 800 fsb, Asus P4P800 w/1GB PC3200 DDR RAM, 512 MB GeForce 7600GT, SB Audigy Gamer, DVD-Rom/CD-R Burner & LG Duel layer DVD Burner, 320 & 120 GB Internal & 2x 250 & 2x 500 GB External hard drives & Samsung 226BW 22" LCD Monitor |
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gurn
@rogers.com | reply to Fighter
you can opt out of seeing the notifications |
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fighter
@rogers.com | how? |
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Pegasys66
join:2008-01-16
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to Nemo888
said by Nemo888 : Now that Teksavvy and third parties are being throttled this is the best deal in Canada. You are really funny...
Now that Bell has imposed throttling on independant
ISPs, Rogers' own offerings look better in comparison.
Do you also torture puppies?
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"I do not agree with what Sympatico is doing, but I will fight to the death for their right to do it to their own users."
And leave us alone!!! |
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mordin
42 inches of 1080p
Premium
join:2005-05-28
Moncton, NB
| reply to gurn
said by gurn :
you can opt out of seeing the notifications
Only for the current billing cycle. Once you start the next billing cycle the messages will come back until you opt out again. So you'll have to 'opt out' once a month.
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Intel P4 2.8 800 fsb, Asus P4P800 w/1GB PC3200 DDR RAM, 512 MB GeForce 7600GT, SB Audigy Gamer, DVD-Rom/CD-R Burner & LG Duel layer DVD Burner, 320 & 120 GB Internal & 2x 250 & 2x 500 GB External hard drives & Samsung 226BW 22" LCD Monitor |
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