d3.zedo.com
The Real Bev
dedicated a separate linux machine to X just because you HAVE to use it
sometimes) clicks on anything at ThePirateBay, a javascript popup from
d3.zedo.com pops up. The same thing happens with the Chrome browser,
which I haven't been able to install on my machine.
I've never seen this stuff. We, as far as I can tell, have the same
settings regarding cookies (allow), popups (block, unless listed as
'allow'), etc. I blocked cookes from this asshole. On the info page
for the popup I set everything to 'block'. Restarted FF. No joy.
Doesn't happen
Anybody else see this crap?
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-- Mel Brooks
g
> Beginning last week, whenever my live-in consultant (who has finally
> dedicated a separate linux machine to X just because you HAVE to use it
> sometimes) clicks on anything at
> ThePirateBay, a javascript popup from d3.zedo.com pops up.
i have logged thepiratebay.org numerous times and i deny cookies.
i have never had pop ups occur.
because you are both using linux, set up iptables firewall to block
ip address.
> Anybody else see this crap?
no.
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peace out.
tc.hago,
g
.
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> Beginning last week, whenever my live-in consultant (who has finally
> dedicated a separate linux machine to X just because you HAVE to use it
> sometimes) clicks on anything at ThePirateBay, a javascript popup from
> d3.zedo.com pops up. The same thing happens with the Chrome browser,
> which I haven't been able to install on my machine.
>
> I've never seen this stuff. We, as far as I can tell, have the same
> settings regarding cookies (allow), popups (block, unless listed as
> 'allow'), etc. I blocked cookes from this asshole. On the info page
> for the popup I set everything to 'block'. Restarted FF. No joy.
> Doesn't happen
>
> Anybody else see this crap?
>
Noscript nukes zedo.com nicely. You using NoScript?
Super Bisquit
Look, I'm running Iceweasel- a rebranded firefox for debian- on an iMac.
I run the same thing on a gateway m275 and my girlfriend runs firefox on
fedora 64bit.
You can also use adblockplus.
Did you setup about:config?
Did you or your consultant set the preferences?
Setting up ip tables when noscript will do is a waste. Javascript can be
blocked- once again- with noscript.
I run FreeBSD on i386 and powerpc. I also use noscript.
I run NetBSD and openBSD on i386.
I run OpenBSD on sparc64.
And all of them have noscript installed.
X and Xorg are names for the graphical client and server that run on Unices.
You can use cygwin to run X.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:09 PM, g <gel...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On 01/22/2011 01:42 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
> > Beginning last week, whenever my live-in consultant (who has finally
> > dedicated a separate linux machine to X just because you HAVE to use it
> > sometimes) clicks on anything at
>
> > ThePirateBay, a javascript popup from d3.zedo.com pops up.
>
> i have logged thepiratebay.org numerous times and i deny cookies.
>
> i have never had pop ups occur.
>
>
> because you are both using linux, set up iptables firewall to block
> ip address.
>
>
> > Anybody else see this crap?
>
> no.
>
>
>
> --
>
> peace out.
>
> tc.hago,
>
> g
> .
>
> ****
> in a free world without fences, who needs gates.
> **
> help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today.
> **
> to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it.
> to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it.
> **
> learn linux:
> 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html
> 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/
> 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html
> 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/
> ****
>
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> Beginning last week, whenever my live-in consultant (who has finally
> dedicated a separate linux machine to X just because you HAVE to use it
> sometimes) clicks on anything at ThePirateBay, a javascript popup from
> d3.zedo.com pops up. The same thing happens with the Chrome browser,
> which I haven't been able to install on my machine.
>
> I've never seen this stuff. We, as far as I can tell, have the same
> settings regarding cookies (allow), popups (block, unless listed as
> 'allow'), etc. I blocked cookes from this asshole. On the info page for
> the popup I set everything to 'block'. Restarted FF. No joy. Doesn't happen
>
> Anybody else see this crap?
>
No, but I have the Adblock Plus extension installed.
WLS
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g
> Have you thought of using noscript?
noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
i just searched all of 2009, 2010, and 2011. nowhere does bev mention
using noscript, tho it has been mentioned by others.
<snip>
> Setting up ip tables when noscript will do is a waste.
not true.
bev may have thepiratebay.org set as trusted in her 'whitelist', if she
is using noscript.
there are a few sites that will not work well without java. adding a simple
iptables line will block a problem pop up site within a trusted site.
with linux or bsd, adding such a line is not that difficult.
<snip>
>> i have logged thepiratebay.org numerous times and i deny cookies.
>>
>> i have never had pop ups occur.
in addition, i always allow thepiratebay.org as temporary.
The Real Bev
> Have you thought of using noscript?
I installed it and looked at it, but I didn't care about most of what it
did so I ignored it. I don't want to bother whitelisting the world, I
just want to blacklist a few places. It didn't seem to make that easy.
> Look, I'm running Iceweasel- a rebranded firefox for debian- on an iMac.
> I run the same thing on a gateway m275 and my girlfriend runs firefox on
> fedora 64bit.
>
> You can also use adblockplus.
He has that. No joy...
WRONG!!!! I didn't even look, I just assumed -- adblock is one of the
first things I install, and there are other extensions that I've
installed still in his installation. A nasty mystery...
I really hate feeling stupid, especially in public :-(
> Did you setup about:config?
> Did you or your consultant set the preferences?
I did. Probably copied them from mine to his #1 machine, and he copied
them to the #2 machine. The #1 machine was similarly missing adblock
plus. Grrrr. I suspect that in doing various updates (to which I
generally say "Sure, go ahead" and let him leal with it), things somehow
got displaced. Either that, or the neighborhood witch doesn't like me.
> Setting up ip tables when noscript will do is a waste. Javascript can be
> blocked- once again- with noscript.
>
> I run FreeBSD on i386 and powerpc. I also use noscript.
>
> I run NetBSD and openBSD on i386.
> I run OpenBSD on sparc64.
> And all of them have noscript installed.
>
> X and Xorg are names for the graphical client and server that run on Unices.
> You can use cygwin to run X.
I started running .fvwm95 under slackware (live-in consultant's
preference) in 1996 (or aroun then) because it was the most completely
configured window manager and I really hated the way KDE looked. I
loathe hierarchical things -- I want a nice list of ONLY the stuff I use
at the first level, instantly available no matter where I am, and I can
easily edit the fvwmrc manually. If I want to use something not in the
menu, there's always an xterm. I could do without the taskbar at the
bottom, but it's kind of handy sometimes -- much better than trying to
find a bare spot to click to bring up the 'this stuff is running' list.
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:09 PM, g<gel...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> On 01/22/2011 01:42 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> > Beginning last week, whenever my live-in consultant (who has finally
>> > dedicated a separate linux machine to X just because you HAVE to use it
>> > sometimes) clicks on anything at
>>
>> > ThePirateBay, a javascript popup from d3.zedo.com pops up.
>>
>> i have logged thepiratebay.org numerous times and i deny cookies.
>>
>> i have never had pop ups occur.
>>
>> because you are both using linux, set up iptables firewall to block
>> ip address.
>>
>> > Anybody else see this crap?
>>
>> no.
--
Cheers, Bev
=====================================================================
If violence isn't solving the problem, you're not using enough of it.
The Real Bev
> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>
> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
>
> i just searched all of 2009, 2010, and 2011. nowhere does bev mention
> using noscript, tho it has been mentioned by others.
Wow. Double wow. You're right, I don't. Explanation in previous post.
> <snip>
>
>> Setting up ip tables when noscript will do is a waste.
>
> not true.
>
> bev may have thepiratebay.org set as trusted in her 'whitelist', if she
> is using noscript.
>
> there are a few sites that will not work well without java. adding a simple
> iptables line will block a problem pop up site within a trusted site.
>
> with linux or bsd, adding such a line is not that difficult.
One more thing to learn about...or not... I do have an extensive hosts
file, though.
> <snip>
>
>>> i have logged thepiratebay.org numerous times and i deny cookies.
>>>
>>> i have never had pop ups occur.
>
> in addition, i always allow thepiratebay.org as temporary.
I'm shocked to see ads there. I suppose I must have known that there
are ads, SOMEBODY has to pay for the service, I just never thought about
it. Proof that adblock works :-)
g
> On 01/21/11 20:04, g wrote:
>
>> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
>>
>> i just searched all of 2009, 2010, and 2011. nowhere does bev mention
>> using noscript, tho it has been mentioned by others.
>
> Wow. Double wow. You're right, I don't. Explanation in previous post.
ok. now that you are becoming aware of noscript abilities, install it.
use;
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/
to get xpi file.
log;
to find out more about it.
do note hot link bar;
what is it? features changelog screenshots forum faq get it!
when you get installed, go thru *all* options and read them. they are
pretty much self explaining and you should not have any problems. most
of what you will need is set by default. so if you screw something up
and do not get what you want.
if you do need help, post back. there are enough users of 'noscript' that
you will get more help with set up than you might imagine.
or, you can use their forum.
after you do, only make sites that you visit often and regularly, ie,
bank, mozilla, etc, as *allow* and they will whitelist.
for sites that you seldom visit, or sites like the pirate bay, only allow
them as *temporary* and pop ups should be no problem.
as i mentioned in another post, i do visit 'the pirate bay' and i use
*temporary* and i get no pop ups.
<snip>
>> there are a few sites that will not work well without java. adding a simple
>> iptables line will block a problem pop up site within a trusted site.
>>
>> with linux or bsd, adding such a line is not that difficult.
>
> One more thing to learn about...or not... I do have an extensive hosts
> file, though.
you will not go wrong learning a little bit about iptables setup.
host file is nice, saves ip address lookups, and can redirect a restricted
url to local ip address.
but, it does not do what you need to block things that are being done from
outside your system. especially when you have a 'whitelist' for a site that
also throws out a lot of pop ups and other crud.
there are plenty of good sites to learn iptables. it may be a little bit
confusing at first, but once you have done your reading and tried a few
lines, it will make sense.
if you add;
-A INPUT -d nnn.ip.addr.nnn -p all -j REJECT
to your /etc/sysconfig/iptables file, [scientific linux and fedora. should
be same in slackware] then restart of iptables, you will block access to
the specified ip address.
> I'm shocked to see ads there. I suppose I must have known that there
> are ads, SOMEBODY has to pay for the service, I just never thought about
> it. Proof that adblock works :-)
with noscript and temporary, i see none. :)
hth.
Fox on the run
Is there a lawful component to The Pirate Bay or is it purely to
illegally access copywrite material?
JB
Andrew DeFaria
Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_This_Film
Can piratebay be used lawfully? Sure it can. It's the content of what's being shared that you deem as copyright infringement or not so it's perhaps the users of piratebay that you have a problem with but should not have a problem with piratebay itself. It's just like Craig's list - can Craig's list be used to solicit prostitution? You betcha! - just like many, many other internet sites. They can be used to do both legal and illegal things. Yet Yahoo, Google, Craiglist and Eros somehow are not facing the wrath of US lawyers. Gee, I wonder why....
Fox on the run
I wasn't suggesting that US laws should apply to all countries.
According to Wikipedia (I know, I wouldn't bet my life on its content
but overall it's probably reasonably accurate) the police in Sweden
raided them for copyright infringements suggesting to me there is an
issue of law in that country as well.
And US residents downloading licensed content via torrents on Pirate
Bay for which they have not purchased is illegal in the US.
Yes, you can host legal material on there. But all smoke and mirrors
aside, its reputation is for hosting copyright material that people
can obtain at no cost, thus illegal in North America and through
Europe at minimum. You can spin words however you wish. But the raw
truth of it is it's used by and large to get copyright material.
JB
Andrew DeFaria
On Jan 22, 11:19 am, Andrew DeFaria <adefa...@gmail.com> wrote:Piratebay is not a US company. What they are doing is not illegal (or has not yet been deemed illegal though I haven't been keeping up with their various court cases) in their country. You seem to think that US laws should apply to all countries. That is not (yet) the case. Check out:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_This_Film Can piratebay be used lawfully? Sure it can. It's the content of what's being shared that you deem as copyright infringement or not so it's perhaps the users of piratebay that you have a problem with but should not have a problem with piratebay itself. It's just like Craig's list - can Craig's list be used to solicit prostitution? You betcha! - just like many, many other internet sites. They can be used to do both legal and illegal things. Yet Yahoo, Google, Craiglist and Eros somehow are not facing the wrath of US lawyers. Gee, I wonder why....I wasn't suggesting that US laws should apply to all countries. According to Wikipedia (I know, I wouldn't bet my life on its content but overall it's probably reasonably accurate) the police in Sweden raided them for copyright infringements suggesting to me there is an issue of law in that country as well.
And US residents downloading licensed content via torrents on Pirate Bay for which they have not purchased is illegal in the US.
Yes, you can host legal material on there. But all smoke and mirrors aside, its reputation is for hosting copyright material that people can obtain at no cost, thus illegal in North America and through Europe at minimum. You can spin words however you wish. But the raw truth of it is it's used by and large to get copyright material.
Christoph Schmees
> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>
> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
JFTR: NoScript helps handling *Javascript* not Java.
Christoph
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> g schrieb:
>> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>>
>> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
>> ...
>
> JFTR: NoScript helps handling *Javascript* not Java.
>
> Christoph
>
IIRC NoScript does have options to block Java and Flash as well.
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--- Original Message ---
> Christoph Schmees wrote:
>
>> g schrieb:
>>> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>>>
>>> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
>>> ...
>>
>> JFTR: NoScript helps handling *Javascript* not Java.
>>
>> Christoph
>>
>
> IIRC NoScript does have options to block Java and Flash as well.
>
You remember correctly.
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> Christoph Schmees wrote:
>
>> g schrieb:
>>> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>>>
>>> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
>>> ...
>>
>> JFTR: NoScript helps handling *Javascript* not Java.
>>
>> Christoph
>>
>
> IIRC NoScript does have options to block Java and Flash as well.
>
animations, NoScript might well prevent them from starting.
g
> g schrieb:
>> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
>> ...
>
> JFTR: NoScript helps handling *Javascript* not Java.
you have not looked thru 'options' setting for noscript lately.
g
> Christoph Schmees wrote:
>> g schrieb:
>>> On 01/22/2011 02:34 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>>> Have you thought of using noscript?
>>> noscript blocks java by default for untrusted sites.
>>> ...
>> JFTR: NoScript helps handling *Javascript* not Java.
>>
>> Christoph
>
> IIRC NoScript does have options to block Java and Flash as well.
last time i looked it did.
g
<>
> Since many sites use javascript to initiate jave applets, and Flash
> animations, NoScript might well prevent them from starting.
that it does. and very well.
so well that i removed 'ad block' after i installed 'noscript'.
adelbert Byttebier
> < 1 KWeergevenDownloaden
Can't follow the whole argument here but this d3.zedo thing is
something I often get when trying to stream an episode of some
(american?) series on alluc.org. Just like the annoying poker ads that
open on another tab uninvited, the d3.zedo opens another tab with a
blank page.
Funny thing is I seem to find a discussion here about the legality of
viewing things that have copyright on it. As far as I know, viewing
things is perfectly legal in my country but I suspect in the USA lots
of things are not, but then that's normal in a country which is
allways at war with some other countries. People are more used to
censorship and not much inclined to discuss it or even think about it
objectively.
Well, lots of people don't seem to get the difference between what a
law protecting big companies is and what is ethical or not.
To give an exampe: I see no one protesting about ads for poker sites,
while every one knows it's an addictive game that causes real and
human problems.
Viewing a movie without paying for it doesn't ever cause real and
human problems. ( as an aside: I'm wondering..do they have public
libraries in the USA or if they have, can you borrow movies there,
will have to look that up sometime)
Laws about letting people only see something when they pay for it are
not ethical, they are temporary laws, made by legal pirates, not to
protect the public but to help a small bunch of people exploit a whole
lot of people. Jesus wouldn't have liked those laws, Gandhi didn't
like them, Buddha wouldn't have liked them (well, neither would he
have liked most of the movies). I don't like them. But then I'm just
concerned about ethics.
Well, just took a break and as I was curious about that slightly
annoying having to close those tabs opening on their own thought I'ld
maybe find the responsible little rascals on the net and bounced into
this discussion here. Allways nice to find people who really think on
the net, just wanted to say hello.
Hello
The monk
Still not sure about who d3.zedo is though, discussion too technical
for my old brain?
Steven
>
> --
> Cheers, Bev
I see this conversation happened in January 2011.. So I'm LATE getting here.. It is now October 2011.. But yeah -- Zedo is quite a bastard! I found out some information about this, in case it's still useful to Bev, or to ANYONE ELSE who finds this page.. I've been getting the same thing on my computer.. A bunch of zedo ads.. From the Pirate Bay, and from other websites too. Even Google searches would sometimes cause it to pop up. It seems to be spying on me, to find out WHAT I'm searching for, and I worry that it might be somehow invading my privacy even FURTHER (collecting passwords, by monitoring my keystrokes, etc).. Through research, I've found out that zedo has been annoying people for several YEARS now.. I've found message-boards just like THIS one, with people complaining about zedo, and asking how to get RID of it -- dating way back to 2007, and even one from 2004. One of the more interesting pages I found was a guy explaining how HE removed zedo.
It's located at:
http://www.pchell.com/support/poweredbyzedo.shtml
BUT WAIT -- DON'T GO THERE YET.. Finish reading THIS post first! I'll give you the basic JIST of what the guy talks about on that page.. Particularly, at the top of the page, he explains:
>>>>>>>
"I consider myself a pretty good spyware removal expert, but I ALMOST was stumped the other day when a customer's computer was infected with these strange "Powered by Zedo" ad popups. They would popup in the middle of the screen without warning usually when I was trying to search Google or another search engine. Then they would take my search term and put it in the popup ad showing Ebay or a few other sites.
The javascript that was producing the popups had several ad networks that it was using including
xads.zedo.com
upspiral.com
searchlocal.ws
aavalue.com
url.cpvfeed.com
The popups were appearing in Internet Explorer as well as Firefox and popup blockers including Google Toolbar were not stopping the invasion."
>>>>>>>
And this is the SAME EXACT behavior I've been noticing on MY computer. I've noticed (by playing around on Pirate Bay), that when it FIRST happens in a browsing session, that extra window pops up in the middle of the screen, EXACTLY the way he described it in the above quote, and it goes by "d3.zedo.com"
But then if I keep RELOADING the page, or searching for OTHER things on Pirate Bay, it's like zedo KNOWS I'm "onto" it, and toying with it -- so instead of opening a new window, it just loads a bunch of "zedo stuff" in my CURRENT window, just BEFORE my Pirate Bay page finishes loading.. So zedo is STILL doing something in the background, but this time it goes under "d2.zedo.com" (instead of the d3 version, which seems to open it's own window -- I've seen other variants listed on the web too, such as c5.zedo)..
So moving on, I read FURTHER down that guy's page (the one I posted the URL of, above, from "pchell") -- and tried to remove it HIS way.. Near the bottom of that page, you'll see some instructions on how to remove "core.sys" and "core.cache.dsk" from your c:\windows\system32\drivers directory. It then tells you how to remove a folder called CORE from your system's registry (using REGEDIT in safe-mode).. And he tells you to scan your system with a program called Kaspersky..
..In the end, his solution did NOTHING to fix my problem -- PROBABLY because he wrote that page in 2007, and I have some newer 2011 version of zedo!
It turns out, there were NO SUCH FILES as "core.sys" and "core.cache.dsk" found in my c:\windows\system32\drivers directory, and there was no CORE folder in my registry, and "Kaspersky" was just a useless piece of shit, which found no errors on my computer, and I don't trust Kaspersky ITSELF, so I deleted it..
Still, the REST of that guy's information seems to do a good job at explaining what zedo DOES, and his suggestion about removing "core" files MIGHT be helpful to anyone out there who DOES find those files on their system.
As for ME, I ended up using NoScript to block zedo, just like everyone else is telling you. It's actually quite EASY to do, and you can do it exactly the way you SPECIFIED, when you stated the following (about NoScript):
"I don't want to bother whitelisting the world, I
just want to blacklist a few places. It didn't seem to make that easy."
But trust me, Bev -- it IS easy. Here is exactly how to do it.
1.) Install NoScript.
2.) Right click on an empty spot, anywhere, on any web page, and you should see a NoScript sub-menu among your choices. One of the options in THAT menu, is to "Allow Scripts Globally." NoScript might advise you that this is not recommended (because it leaves your computer vulnerable), but go ahead choose it ANYWAY..
There, now you have NoScript INSTALLED, but it's not actually blocking any scripts (yet).
3.) Go to Pirate Bay.
4.) Again, right click on an empty spot, and go into that NoScript sub-menu. There should be an option to "Mark zedo.com as Untrusted." Choose THAT, and you'll never be annoyed by zedo again!!
5.) Optionally, depending upon your browser, you can install a NoScript BUTTON, which brings up NoScript's options (instead of right-clicking an empty spot on your screen to bring up that menu). You can play with different PLACEMENTS of where you want that button.. For ME, I keep a small NoScript button up in the top-left area of my browser, near the "page back" & "page forward" buttons. It comes in handy, to quickly blacklist those few pesky sites, exactly the way you said you wanted to -- and doesn't take up much space on my browser's HUD. But you can just skip step 5, if you want.. My steps 1-4 are enough to get rid of zedo, or at least BLOCK it.
If any of that information helps anyone -- you're welcome! :)
Steven
In my step 3, when I said go to pirate bay -- upon further investigation, it seems like it's not necessarily the MAIN page on pirate bay which generates zedo.. but rather, it's when you actually go to a details page of a torrent file (the same page where the COMMENTS are, for that torrent), where you're actually about to DOWNLOAD a torrent file.. For example, don't just go to
thepiratebay.org
Instead, go to a torrent, like:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5635920
THAT, for example, is a torrent for a really cool racing video game (which I happen to PLAY) -- but ANYWAY -- from THAT PAGE, (again it's):
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5635920
, you can do my proceedure in step 4. If you actually SEE a zedo ad pop up, when you first get there -- CLOSE IT! And then while on THAT torrent's page (NOT from the main pirate bay homepage), you can go ahead with my step 4, in order to see the option: "Mark zedo.com as Untrusted"..
..You have to actually be ON a page which generates zedo, in order to blacklist zedo, in the way I described above -- so it's kinda like confronting the enemy HEAD-ON -- going INTO the dungeon to slay the dragon!
Alternatively, if you know what you're doing, you can just go into the OPTIONS of NoScript, and add "zedo.com" to your list MANUALLY (if it isn't already there), of sites which are/aren't allowed to run scripts.. You'll ALSO want to block "z5x.net", and a few OTHER annoyances, which I presume are somehow a part of zedo's network.
Sorry -- I should have just told you to do it THAT WAY in the first place.
But either way -- YEAH, it's like everyone else said.. Just cave in and use NoScript!