MS MVP Hosts File Updates

['Drew]

I have the MS MVP hosts file installed and have been using a hosts file
updater to keep it current.

For some reason,. my Avast AV software has begun to recognize this updater
as a virus... Win32 Trojan-gen... which I am assuming is a false positive. I
want to stop using the updater until the conflict is resolved but I can't
find another way to get notification of hosts file updates.

There used to be a link on the MS MVP hosts file page that allowed users to
subscribe to email notifications of when the file was updated so they could
download the update from a link in the email, but I can't locate that link
on the page any more. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

[Tom Willett]

Why not set the file(s) as exceptions in AVG so they don't get scanned, both
in Resident Shield and Scheduled & Manual Scan?

Problem solved.

:I have the MS MVP hosts file installed and have been using a hosts file
: updater to keep it current.
:
: For some reason,. my Avast AV software has begun to recognize this updater
: as a virus... Win32 Trojan-gen... which I am assuming is a false positive.
I
: want to stop using the updater until the conflict is resolved but I can't
: find another way to get notification of hosts file updates.
:
: There used to be a link on the MS MVP hosts file page that allowed users
to
: subscribe to email notifications of when the file was updated so they
could
: download the update from a link in the email, but I can't locate that link
: on the page any more. Can someone point me in the right direction?
:
:

 

[Gary Brandenburg]

I have the MS MVP hosts file installed and have been using a hosts file
updater to keep it current.

For some reason,. my Avast AV software has begun to recognize this updater
as a virus... Win32 Trojan-gen... which I am assuming is a false positive.
I want to stop using the updater until the conflict is resolved but I
can't find another way to get notification of hosts file updates.




There used to be a link on the MS MVP hosts file page that allowed users
to subscribe to email notifications of when the file was updated so they
could download the update from a link in the email, but I can't locate
that link on the page any more. Can someone point me in the right
direction?

Drew-

From: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/updates.htm

Regretfully I can no longer accept any more subscribers to the MVPS HOSTS
file update mailing list. The response has far exceeded my expectations and
the list has out-grown the available software for providing a timely update.
I'd like to thank the tens of thousands that participated in the Mailing
list. I will continue to post the update notices on the HOSTS page as well
as on my blog.



I was wondering why I haven't gotten any notifications since March-Now I
know.

~Gary