VanguardLH wrote:
> siljaline wrote:
>
>> Full Press Release below:
>> <http://www.malwarebytes.org/press_center/malwarebytes-industry-momentum-intensifies>
>>
>> Silj
>
> They hired someone and they acquired ownership of a 'hosts' file.
> Really? This big a market glitz blow over a *hosts* file? (rolls
> eyes). I only had to get partway into the first sentence to realize it
> was marketspeak.

<q>

The company has been profitable from the outset and hasn’t raised money.
Today, Malwarebytes says it is opening a European office (headed by
Fernando Francisco) and is announcing it has acquired hpHosts, which
tracks blacklisted websites, ad servers, and tracking servers. That deal
ensures that Malwarebytes protects against the newest malevolent
internet protocol addresses and blocks the web servers that are used to
distribute malware. hpHosts also uses the blacklist to persuade internet
service providers to shut down malware-producing servers.

</q>

I do believe hpHosts is a one-man-band, but it *does sound good*,
doesn't it?!

This is the proprietor:-

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group / hpHosts
it-mate.co.uk / hosts-file.net


IIRC, he's also 'MysteryFCM' on the Malwarebytes forums. He was once
very helpful to me when I was trying to get to grips with IP addresses!