Retired wrote:
<snip>

Glad you're over your hissy-fit

The Hosts file and it's contents are static for a given release period.
But you know that. Although the behaviour of the contents of the file
against an ever-changing ad environment can be variable.
Since I don't write the file I can't really "go there" ... as it were.

MBAM and what it blocks is completely separate from the Hosts file.
But you know that - what MBAM blocks from one update to another
is *not* static. The two used together perhaps with Spyware Blaster make
and excellent combination.

You can edit all or none of Google's sponsored ads from the file,
if you like - assuming there are some being blocked that you do not
want blocked.

Silj


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"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_