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From: zxcar on 28 Jul 2010 16:57 Wow, that (HostsXpert) makes the adding easier. Also organizes the "mega-mess" Spybot adds. Nice find! And yeah, I'm looking at mesnews as soon as I get through changing the ICMP settings... "UnsteadyKen" <unsteadyken(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.26ba9ce137e4d2ca989850(a)news.btinternet.com... > zxcar said... > >> Well, this was suppose to be an email (note) to myself and when I didn't >> see >> it and then checked the sent folder... > > That's the very reason I use separate email and news programs:-) > > Have you checked out HostsXpert host file editor from > > http://www.funkytoad.com/ > ? > > -- > Ken O'Meara > http://www.btinternet.com/~unsteadyken/
From: Spamblk on 2 Aug 2010 22:49 VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:i2pqpq$rd1$1(a)news.albasani.net: > Wildcards cannot be used in the hosts file. Unfortunately. :(
From: VanguardLH on 3 Aug 2010 13:23 Spamblk wrote: > VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:i2pqpq$rd1$1(a)news.albasani.net: > >> Wildcards cannot be used in the hosts file. > > Unfortunately. :( The hosts file was a lookup that was before DNS came around. So it had to resolve to a *host*, not a domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file zxcar never explained WHERE (in what app) he intended to use his hosts file entries to block access to external sites (it also presumes he isn't running a local web server to handle all those redirects whereas 127.0.0.0 would ensure it didn't hit anyone's web server). If zxcar want to use the hosts file to block sites when web browsing, he probably has much better methods to block on hosts AND DOMAINS but that depends on what web browser(s) he uses. Even IE8 with its InPrivate Filtering can be used with an .xml file to list hosts or domains that you want to block (provided you know how to write up the XML file for import) and is really easy to enable/disable just by clicking the icon in the status bar and you can even default IE8 to always enable the InPrivate Filter when you load it. You might have a router where you can block hosts or domains. By changing to a DNS provider other than from your ISP, like OpenDNS, you can create an account that lists hosts or domains to block (the free OpenDNS account lets you add 50 blocking entries but you can specify domains to cover lots of hosts there; however, you need to install their DNS reporting client so they know your current IP address so they know which account to apply the user-configured settings). The solution to block hosts or domains depends on what web browser you use or where you want to block access (i.e., somewhere upstream, like at your router or with your DNS provider).
From: zxcar on 3 Aug 2010 16:22 "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:i39j8k$927$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Spamblk wrote: > You might have a router where you can block hosts or domains. By > changing to a DNS provider other than from your ISP, like OpenDNS, you > can create an account that lists hosts or domains to block (the free > OpenDNS account lets you add 50 blocking entries but you can specify > domains to cover lots of hosts there; however, you need to install their > DNS reporting client so they know your current IP address so they know > which account to apply the user-configured settings). > > The solution to block hosts or domains depends on what web browser you > use or where you want to block access (i.e., somewhere upstream, like at > your router or with your DNS provider). ;-)~ And that's where I ended up; but, so far, no blocks have been needed!!! It may have been coincidental, but with Firefox (and IE 8 too), Comcast DNS and a "No proxy" configuration, I was getting a massive amounts of redirects when searching with Google. Now, with "Use system proxy..." ticked (untick it and the redirects return--again, may be just coincidence as I know very little about all this other than the fact that I don't seem to have an infection--at the moment!) *combined with* OpenDNS has finally seemed to solve the problems...*SO FAR*!!!
From: Spamblk on 5 Aug 2010 02:07
VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:i39j8k$927$1(a)news.albasani.net: > The solution to block hosts or domains depends on what web browser you > use or where you want to block access (i.e., somewhere upstream, like at > your router or with your DNS provider). Quite. I use a FF addon called blocksite, but AFAIK these addons work on webpages once they are fetched and hence do not reduce bandwidth. The advantage of the hosts file is that sites are blocked at local machine level and works with all programs (useful to stop apps phoning home etc) however the lack of wildcards means the hosts file increases in size quite a bit as more sites and subdomains are added. |