On Wednesday 01 September 2004 02:21 pm, Alexander Henry wrote:
> Someone at the installfest mentioned a hosts file which you can download
> to block invasive and nasty websites.  

That was me. 

> Where are these? 
>
> Also, where is the hosts file in the various Wins?

Here's a good link for downloading hosts files:

http://remember.mine.nu/ 
or
http://remember.mine.nu/downloads/

I like to use the 0.0.0.0 format, since Netscape-based browsers seem to work 
better with 0.0.0.0 than with 127.0.0.1. 

There's also a "Porn sites" list available for blocking porn sites, that 
includes the regular pernicious web advertisers like Doubleclick. That one's 
only in 127.0.0.1 format, but it's a trivial thing to change that to 0.0.0.0 
in a text editor.

If you install a hosts file then find you can't access a site you want, just # 
or delete that site's line in the file.

Siri Amrit
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