Re: [PCWorks] How can you get IP addresses to work in the Hosts file?
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:51:55 -0500
Hey I totally forgot about that. (After a lot of trial and
error thanks to a counter-intuitive GUI), I added one to my KIS
firewall and it worked, the page was totally blocked with the
"The page cannot be displayed".
Thanks Ben,
-Clint
God Bless,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Moore"
I don't believe that you can block IP addresses in a hosts
file. The hosts
file gives the computer a translation from the www.***.com
address to an IP
address without using a DNS server. If your browser is already
routing to an
IP then the hosts file doesn't come into play.
In my firewall I can selectively block IP addresses or even a
range of
addresses.
Ben
-----Original Message-----
Does anyone know how to get IP addresses to work in the Hosts
file? I've tried both with and without the http:// and still
those IP addresses I added are still accessible. These are
those infuriating browser hijacks where the "cyber-terrorist"
IP address hijacks a webpage and takes you to some kind BS scam
("WARNING: YOUR PC IS INFECTED...PERFORMING SCAN NOW....."
etc., etc.), and the URL of those types of pages are not
domains but IP addresses. If I could find a way for those IP's
to work in the Hosts file (XP) I'd get nothing but "The page
cannot be displayed".
Thanks,
-Clint
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