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#1 User is offline   siljaline 

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 11:09 AM

Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip (151 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt (661 kb)
Note: the "text" version makes a good reference for determining possible
unwanted sites.

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

Sign up for HOSTS file update notices
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/updates.htm

Visit the Hosts News blog
http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 02:21 PM

Nicely done and an excellent reference. I also noticed that you are an HJT Member and have been since 4/2004. However, I also noticed that you only have a total of 117 posts in 4 years, so do you use another username to assist in the Malware section? Just curious.

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 02:27 PM

Straight answer answer - yes :thumbsup:
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 02:41 PM

View Postsiljaline, on Mar 9 2008, 03:27 PM, said:

Straight answer answer - yes :thumbsup:

I sorta figured as much... keep up the good work!

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 02:48 PM

I have Spybot S&D Hosts files. Is the MVP one better? Should I integrate the two? If so, how? Copy and Paste?

Thanks,
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 04:24 PM

See > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Merging not recommended

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 04:30 PM

View Postucanfixit, on Mar 9 2008, 02:41 PM, said:

View Postsiljaline, on Mar 9 2008, 03:27 PM, said:

Straight answer answer - yes :flowers:

I sorta figured as much... keep up the good work!
Thanks :thumbsup:

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 05:05 PM

Thanks Siljaline for the info.

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  Posted 09 March 2008 - 07:06 PM

View PostJuha, on Mar 9 2008, 05:05 PM, said:

Thanks Siljaline for the info.
You're most welcome !

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