AntiSpyware Beta 1 : Advanced tools : Window's Host File

I do find many Hosts files like : avsads.com; b3d.com ....... I want to block
or permanently remove these adresses, it seams that I need to do this 1 by 1
.....Is there a way to block or remove more than 1 at atime?
If yes , how to?

I have the feeling that some adresses I did block previously are back in the
list and unblocked. Is this possible?

What is the risk to block or remove these adresses?


Thanks in advance
--
Emile
Brussels
Belgium

Hi

Use this tool and restore your hosts file to Microsoft original.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Hoster_d4626.html

Muck easier to start from scratch again. MSAS then protect this
hosts file.

--
plun

"Emile" wrote:

> I do find many Hosts files like : avsads.com; b3d.com ....... I want to block
> or permanently remove these adresses, it seams that I need to do this 1 by 1
> ....Is there a way to block or remove more than 1 at atime?
> If yes , how to?
>
> I have the feeling that some adresses I did block previously are back in the
> list and unblocked. Is this possible?
>
> What is the risk to block or remove these adresses?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> --
> Emile
> Brussels
> Belgium

These entries are a constant source of misunderstandings.

If what you are seeing is a list like:

127.0.0.1 nastybadmalware.site

You can safely leave these alone. They were put in place by some other
antispyware program as an "innoculation" to prevent your browser from
resolving those site names to their real addresses--i.e. they prevent you
from going there.

The difficulty with using the hosts file for this purpose is that malware
can also use it for a similar purpose. There are a number of viruses out
there that put the antivirus vendors sites in there for a similar, but
opposing purpose.

So--one way to deal with this is just to keep that file empty of all but the
single default entry:

127.0.0.1 localhost


A good tool that I believe has a button to do this easily, is Hoster:

http://www.funkytoad.com/hoster.htm



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"Emile" <stadeldemes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news68B7528-41E3-4A73-9AB5-73E7687DECAB@microsoft.com...
>I do find many Hosts files like : avsads.com; b3d.com ....... I want to
>block
> or permanently remove these adresses, it seams that I need to do this 1 by
> 1
> ....Is there a way to block or remove more than 1 at atime?
> If yes , how to?
>
> I have the feeling that some adresses I did block previously are back in
> the
> list and unblocked. Is this possible?
>
> What is the risk to block or remove these adresses?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> --
> Emile
> Brussels
> Belgium

Thanks to you both, it's clean now.

--
Emile
Brussels
Belgium


"plun" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Use this tool and restore your hosts file to Microsoft original.
>
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/Hoster_d4626.html
>
> Muck easier to start from scratch again. MSAS then protect this
> hosts file.
>
> --
> plun
>
> "Emile" wrote:
>
> > I do find many Hosts files like : avsads.com; b3d.com ....... I want to block
> > or permanently remove these adresses, it seams that I need to do this 1 by 1
> > ....Is there a way to block or remove more than 1 at atime?
> > If yes , how to?
> >
> > I have the feeling that some adresses I did block previously are back in the
> > list and unblocked. Is this possible?
> >
> > What is the risk to block or remove these adresses?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > --
> > Emile
> > Brussels
> > Belgium

Excellent!

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"Emile" <stadeldemes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:029077B9-5FF3-4D4B-B1FF-A50400AF6C0D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks to you both, it's clean now.
>
> --
> Emile
> Brussels
> Belgium
>
>
> "plun" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Use this tool and restore your hosts file to Microsoft original.
>>
>> http://www.majorgeeks.com/Hoster_d4626.html
>>
>> Muck easier to start from scratch again. MSAS then protect this
>> hosts file.
>>
>> --
>> plun
>>
>> "Emile" wrote:
>>
>> > I do find many Hosts files like : avsads.com; b3d.com ....... I want to
>> > block
>> > or permanently remove these adresses, it seams that I need to do this 1
>> > by 1
>> > ....Is there a way to block or remove more than 1 at atime?
>> > If yes , how to?
>> >
>> > I have the feeling that some adresses I did block previously are back
>> > in the
>> > list and unblocked. Is this possible?
>> >
>> > What is the risk to block or remove these adresses?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> > --
>> > Emile
>> > Brussels
>> > Belgium