Re: MVPS HOSTS file updated [03-29-05]

[Tim Smith]

In article <Xji2e.2306$x8.543913@news20.bellglobal.com>,
"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote:
> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip (52 kb)
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt (231 kb)
> Note: The "text" version also make a good reference for determining culprit
> URLs.

That seems to be the best of the hosts files that are commonly
recommended here. Looking at a bunch of randomly selected entries, I
didn't see any that looked wrong. That's not the case with the others.

If one must use a hosts file, that's the one to use.

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--Tim Smith

[Doc]

Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote in
news:reply_in_group-8B0ADF.02013130032005@news1.west.earthlink.net:

>
> That seems to be the best of the hosts files that are commonly
> recommended here. Looking at a bunch of randomly selected entries, I
> didn't see any that looked wrong. That's not the case with the
> others.
>
> If one must use a hosts file, that's the one to use.
>


BEST ?
And your qualifications are ??
Point out a few "wrong uns" in, for example, hpguru's HOSTS file, please.


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[Tim Smith]

In article <Xns962ADBA996904Aardvark@news.xtra.co.nz>,
Doc <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
> Point out a few "wrong uns" in, for example, hpguru's HOSTS file, please.

www.ign.com is a nice example.

If you want more examples, go read their forums. One of them is for
reports of wrong listings, and you can see several others there.

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--Tim Smith