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Mvps Hosts File Update Updated January-18-2012

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  Posted 03 January 2008 - 12:34 PM

This topic will be used to notify members of the latest updates to the MVPS HOSTS file.

Please visit often to find the links to update your hosts file.

We will leave the last six months or so of updates and comments. The topic will be cleaned out occasionaly and kept current.

This post has been edited by Animal: 19 January 2012 - 02:01 PM

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Posted 19 February 2011 - 04:15 PM

The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [Updated February-18-2011]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (150 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt

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Posted 01 April 2011 - 07:26 AM

The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [Updated March-30-2011]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (150 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt

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Posted 09 May 2011 - 06:22 AM

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The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [May-09-2011]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (149 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (603 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 05:43 AM

MVPS HOSTS File Updated June-15-2011


The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [June-15-2011]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (149 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (605 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 02:17 PM

MVPS HOSTS File Updated July-23-2011


The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [July-23-2011]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (148 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (600 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm
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Posted 06 September 2011 - 08:44 AM

The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [September-05-2011]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (148 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (600 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm

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Posted 13 October 2011 - 04:09 PM

MVPS HOSTS File Update October-13-2011



The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [October-13-2011]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (147 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (599 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm

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Posted 23 November 2011 - 09:30 AM

MVPS HOSTS File Update November-23-2011

The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [November-23-2011]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (147 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (597 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm

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Posted 06 January 2012 - 08:18 AM

MVPS HOSTS File Update January-05-2012

The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [January-05-2012]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (146 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (594 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm

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Posted 06 January 2012 - 08:03 PM

Thanks for the new info.
Question - mvps file is used on the Android machines, AdFree application. But they also use pg1.yoyo.org list making the file >900kb almost double what I use on Windows. Is that good? bad? indifferent?

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Posted 07 January 2012 - 01:00 PM

View Posttos226, on 06 January 2012 - 08:03 PM, said:

Thanks for the new info.
Question - mvps file is used on the Android machines, AdFree application. But they also use pg1.yoyo.org list making the file >900kb almost double what I use on Windows. Is that good? bad? indifferent?

tos226,
First, I don't use AdFree, had to google it. Something doesn't seem right about a 900kb hosts file. The MVPS hosts file for January 2012 is 594kb. On this windows laptop I'm on right now, I have three hosts files:MVPS,hphosts(ads and tracking)and pg1.yoyo.org and the combined hosts file size is 768kb. Maybe you've got duplicates, in my quick googling I did not see anything about this app deleting duplicates just that it pulled from two sources: MVPS and pg1.yoyo.org. Maybe you know otherwise. If the app is just combining two hosts files and not deleting duplicates that could account for the large size.

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Posted 08 January 2012 - 12:17 AM

View Posttork, on 07 January 2012 - 01:00 PM, said:

On this windows laptop I'm on right now, I have three hosts files:MVPS,hphosts(ads and tracking)and pg1.yoyo.org and the combined hosts file size is 768kb. Maybe you've got duplicates,

I'm so glad I posted here and that you answered!
My HOSTS on Windows is just coming close to 600kb, so that 900kb surprised me.
Since you're familiar with yoyo, and use it, then I think it gotta be the duplicates. Yikes.
I'm not sure how to go about checking. I probably should visit that yoyo site and look.
OR
throw the current file into excel, sort, and see duplicates. Something like that. I probably can't rewrite it myself due to permissions.
OR
Maybe I'll contact the developer
OR
even better idea - do you think siljaline might start making one for Android the way it should be done? :)


Edited: There are NO DUPLICATES in the file provided by AdFree.

This post has been edited by tos226: 08 January 2012 - 11:55 AM

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 02:55 PM

tos226,
Ignore what follows if you've solved why the android AdFree hosts file is 900kb. I'd be curious to know what you discovered if you've solved it.
If there are no duplicates in the Adfree hosts file, then does the developer of the android AdFree app pre-load sites in the hosts file in addition to drawing from the MVPS hosts file of Consumer Security MVP Mike Burgess and Peter Lowe's ad server list at pgl.yoyo.org.

Or alternatively do you have another android app running that is also writing to the hosts file.

Or have you posted in an android forum to see if you can find somebody else who runs the AdFree app and can compare file size.

Or have you posted the issue to the app developer.

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 06:01 PM

Hi tork
Here's the start of the 31000+ lines. It looks like just the two sources.

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# Ad server list for use with hosts files to block ads
#
# For more information about this list, see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509997
# ----
# entries: 31454
# last updated 2012-01-06 09:45:08
# AdFree Version 0.8.43 (8043)
# UID: 0
# sources: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
# http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?showintro=0;hostformat=hosts
#
#

127.0.0.1 localhost

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

127.0.0.1 0.gravatar.com
127.0.0.1 0.r.msn.com
127.0.0.1 000-search.net
127.0.0.1 000dom.revenuedirect.com
127.0.0.1 005.free-counter.co.uk
127.0.0.1 006.free-counter.co.uk
127.0.0.1 007.free-counter.co.uk
127.0.0.1 008.free-counter.co.uk
127.0.0.1 008.free-counters.co.uk
127.0.0.1 00fun.com
127.0.0.1 011707160008.c.mystat-in.net
127.0.0.1 032439.com
127.0.0.1 060810131024.c.mystat-in.net

Another hosts-related app is unlikely.
I contacted AdFree people, no answer.

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