ISTM that I've seen articles about using entries in the hosts file to
black-hole attempts to access adware and popup servers from my web
browser and that some kind person was maintaing a recommended list of
names for this.

Can anyone point me to any information?

Thanks



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"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message news:dlo4qi$er6$1@panix5.panix.com...
>
> ISTM that I've seen articles about using entries in the hosts file to
> black-hole attempts to access adware and popup servers from my web
> browser and that some kind person was maintaing a recommended list of
> names for this.
>
> Can anyone point me to any information?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> --
> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>
> Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

Al Dykes wrote:

> ISTM that I've seen articles about using entries in the hosts file to
> black-hole attempts to access adware and popup servers from my web
> browser and that some kind person was maintaing a recommended list of
> names for this.
>
> Can anyone point me to any information?


Try here: "Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File"

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm


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In article <enRrQCV7FHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>Al Dykes wrote:
>
>> ISTM that I've seen articles about using entries in the hosts file to
>> black-hole attempts to access adware and popup servers from my web
>> browser and that some kind person was maintaing a recommended list of
>> names for this.
>>
>> Can anyone point me to any information?
>
>
>Try here: "Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File"
>
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm



Thanks. Read it.

your tech note says that host files larger than 135k can slow down an
XP or W2k machine. The hosts file offered for download is 355k.

Do people use it?


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Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

Al Dykes wrote:

> In article <enRrQCV7FHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
> Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>> Al Dykes wrote:
>>
>>> ISTM that I've seen articles about using entries in the hosts file
>>> to black-hole attempts to access adware and popup servers from my
>>> web browser and that some kind person was maintaing a recommended
>>> list of names for this.
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me to any information?
>>
>>
>> Try here: "Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File"
>>
>> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
>
>
> Thanks. Read it.
>
> your tech note says that host files larger than 135k can slow down an
> XP or W2k machine. The hosts file offered for download is 355k.
>
> Do people use it?


I use it and haven't noticed any slowdown.

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Al Dykes wrote:

> ISTM that I've seen articles about using entries in the hosts file to
> black-hole attempts to access adware and popup servers from my web
> browser and that some kind person was maintaing a recommended list of
> names for this.
>
> Can anyone point me to any information?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

While using entries in the etc/hosts file to redirect host names to the
local host IP in order to "block" access to those sites/servers, it is
my opinion that this isn't really the most efficent method. I recommend
using a properly configured firewall instead, not the XP "firewall",
though; it can only block incomming trafic and you want to block
outgoing. There are some good freeware firewalls available, I use Kerio
Personal Firewall but hear that Zone Alarm Free is also very good. The
popup blocker in IE with SP2 isn't too bad either.

Steve

"Steve N." <me@here.now> wrote in message
news:AD2gf.230$A23.53@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink .net...
> Al Dykes wrote:
>
> > ISTM that I've seen articles about using entries in the hosts file
to
> > black-hole attempts to access adware and popup servers from my web
> > browser and that some kind person was maintaing a recommended list
of
> > names for this.
> >
> > Can anyone point me to any information?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
> While using entries in the etc/hosts file to redirect host names to
the
> local host IP in order to "block" access to those sites/servers, it is
> my opinion that this isn't really the most efficent method. I
recommend
> using a properly configured firewall instead, not the XP "firewall",
> though; it can only block incomming trafic and you want to block
> outgoing. There are some good freeware firewalls available, I use
Kerio
> Personal Firewall but hear that Zone Alarm Free is also very good. The
> popup blocker in IE with SP2 isn't too bad either.
>
> Steve
>

If you want to use the hosts file method, check out the following link:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

mikey

take a look at Privoxy; much better than using a hosts file.

www.privoxy.org

it can be technical, but works great w/ default settings, you do not need
to dable in its intricacies, just follow the quickstart.html