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spiritwind,
i just changed that setting in Internet EXPLORER -- and it STILL shows me the iframe ads. (i re-started ie, which had no effect. maybe i need to reboot)

the ads appear to be generated thru this external javascript file.
http://us.geocities.com/js_source/div03.js
NOTE THAT the actual word "iframe" is mentioned in the javascript.

does no one else see the iframe ads in IE, on those geocities links?
:: gulp ::

i made those changes  -- and i STILL see ads in a frame, in INTERNET EXPLORER (on the RIGHT SIDE), on this URL:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7116/

 

...nobody else with IE sees 'em but ME??

 

BRYNN,
you're using INTERNET EXPLORER -- and you don't see a FRAME of sponsored ADS, on the far right side of the GEOCITIES pages???
* THIS is a text-based advert written as a regular HTML LINK:
BUY OUR CRUMMY PRODUCTS
(and, maybe there's text underneath.)
i just made up the domain "somecrummyad.com" to post the link -- and when i add it to FF ADBLOCK etc., the link still appears.
* "frames" or "i-frames" are different.
you literally see content separated from the regular stuff with a FRAME. (there's a vertical BOX "frame" on the right of the geocities pages, that i've NEVER been able to get rid of, in Int Explorer. i have Iframes disabled my ie Web Content Zones also.)
* the GEOCITIES frames are generated with javascript -- OPERA doesn't see them AT ALL, FIREFOX won't see them, if i block javascript -- BUT, NOTHING i do in IE, stops 'em from showing.
 - i wonder if your Kerio firewall is blocking them.
if you disabled that kerio ad-blocker, and STILL didn't see the geocities frames. well, i'd be VERY interested in your settings.
(CONFUSING: blocking i-frames in Zones should stop me from seeing them. i have no idea why it doesn't work.)
* anyway, i scoured the source code, and this seems to be the link for the GEOCITIES ads:
http://themis.geocities.yahoo.com/themis/h.php
DO YOU SEE ADS WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK...?
i don't in FF, but i do in IE.
...strange.
i must have Ghost Zombies in my computer, only explanation.
 

 ** BINGO **
 
THANKS, brynn. 
 -- geocites must use javascript in a way that bypasses the i-frames setting in IE.
(javascript is a full-out language, so they may use it to DRAW a "BOX" that isn't recognized by ad-blockers as a "frame.")

i was able to make those geocities ads DISAPPEAR (for the VERY 1st time), by going into - net options -
security - custom - and turning ACTIVE SCRIPTING OFF.
(now i have it set to PROMPT.)

(kind of a hassle having to "OK" Active-X, Javascript, etc. all the time -- but, i've had some serious malware infections. better safe than sorry.)

if you're interested:
"active scripting" - Active scripts are programs written in Javascript, or sometimes Microsoft's VBScript and ActiveX.

(which explains why there's a JAVA permissions - java is controlled separately)

according to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
"There is no real relationship between Java and JavaScript; their similarities are mostly in basic syntax because both are ultimately derived from C."

anyway - thank you, thank you. MYSTERY SOLVED!