Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups" (a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
- From: "John O'Flynn" <bofak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:25:14 -0500
Some people are finding HostsMan useful. http://www.abelhadigital.com/
I haven't had time to check it out, but as I understand it, it alows you
to combine hosts lists from various sources (eg MVPS) and takes care of
duplicates.
There is some good info and a list of custom hosts files here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
I read somewhere but can't remember where, that setting the hosts file
to read only is a waste of time because some of the newer malware can
simply undo this setting and tamper with it.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups"
(a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
> Here's the entry in my Hosts file:
> # Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
> 127.0.0.1 007guard.com
> 127.0.0.1 008i.com
> ...
> I Installed the MVP Hosts file first, then the S & D file
>
> I've installed many a firewall, and almost all my users end up
confused.
> I know the conventional wisdom, and I, as well as many others, reject
it.
> Just one of many examples:
>
> "After seeing the recommendation about Comodo, I decided to try it.
> After half a day of unsuccessfully trying to get it to play nice with
my
> system, I finally decided to uninstall it. After the uninstall,
nothing
> worked. No Internet connection, nothing in the Control Panel would
work,
> Firefox would not start, Spy Sweeper hung, etc. Had to resort to a
> system restore. After doing some research, a lot of others have had
> problems as well. Just a word of caution."
>
> Thanks, but no thanks.
>
>
> Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> > (Regarding #1, he was talking about the Restricted Sites area,
> > not the hosts file).
> >
> > Regarding #2; you can't put IP addresses in the hosts file?
> >
> > #6.......HUH???? I'm shocked to hear that. :-0 Whether the
> > security is a "false sense" or not, there's no denying the fact
> > they block a multitude of sins. I don't call that false sense
> > of security. Without one, you have no idea when something is
> > getting access to your PC--deleting data, stealing sensitive
> > data, adding malware, etc.
> >
> > Has anyone been able to determine yet if when SpyBot updates
> > the hosts file, it overwrites any custom entries added either
> > by you, or by MVPS? Or does it just add the new data to the
> > file leaving what's there intact? If the latter, then how can
> > it do it alphabetical order?
> > -Clint
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