hpHOSTS File - UPDATED Oct. 2nd, 2004

hayc59 · Post by **hayc59** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:23 pm

Hosts has been updated and verified. There is now a total of 26,543 hosts.
Big thanks to everyone who pitched in!

For those who don't know, to use hosts all you have to do is save the file to C:\Windows if you are using Win95/98/Me, to c:\Winnt\system32\drivers\etc if you are running WinNT/2K or to c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc if you are running Windows XP Pro/Home. Please be sure you rename your hosts file from hosts.txt to HOSTS (no extension). Please read the Readme.txt file for more installation information.

Enjoy!
Other hosts files on the net:
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Last verified: 08/29/2004.
Latest update: 08/29/2004.
Download hosts.zip now!

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 5:54 am

I might just try it out. I never end up liking them, but hey.
Thanks Mr.G man.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:45 am

i never did understand the idea behind useing a hosts file, does it help block popups or something ?

please enlighten me

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:16 am

Blocks pop ups, shady sites, tracking sites, bad sites and sometimes even good sites.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:41 pm

blebs99 wrote:Blocks pop ups, shady sites, tracking sites, bad sites and sometimes even good sites.

thanks for the explanation, maybe i will try this.

kpzbee · Post by **kpzbee** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:08 am

blebs99 wrote:Blocks pop ups, shady sites, tracking sites, bad sites and sometimes even good sites.

Yep! It works great.

I've been using it for a few years now. You can tell the difference when you run AdAware. It will find a lot less because it never got loaded in the first place.