MVPS HOSTS Update [07-14-07]

[siljaline]

The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [07-08-07]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (141 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource
for determining possible culprits ... (595 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt

Sign up for HOSTS file update notices
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm#contribute

Visit the Hosts News blog
http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx

Silj

--
"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_

[Gladiator]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:46:02 -0400, "siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com>
wrote:

>The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [07-08-07]
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>

Thanks!

[siljaline]

"Gladiator" wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:46:02 -0400, "siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
>>The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [07-08-07]
>>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>>
>
> Thanks!

Your welcome!

Silj

--
"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_

[Jackson]

>On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:46:02 -0400, "siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com>
>wrote:
>
>>The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [07-08-07]
>>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

My two cents: Every time I download a new HOSTS the video news clips
on Fox NewsChannel.com refuse to play. I have to go back and install
my old HOSTS (292 kb) from way back before the videos will run.

I had X (remarked) out the "view.atdmt.com" line in the old file to
get the videos to work. But just remarking out that line in the new
HOSTS file does not permit the videos to play. They must have
redirected another link in the string of pages that Fox News accesses
to play the videos, and I don't have the patience to go thru the file
testing one line at a time to see which needed file has been
redirected this time. Fox forces you to watch an ad between each clip
and if the ads are blocked so is the video clip. I guess someone
hates ads so much that they don't mind missing a big part of the news
just to avoid the ads.

I appreciate the effort to make the internet a safer place, but this
HOSTS file throws out the baby along with the bath water unless mature
judgement is used in choosing what to let thru and what to block.

FWIW

[cmsix]

"Jackson" <jjacXkdins@Xcox.net> wrote in message
news:lf5f93pebn13c3ohba6t936ni0nkgm5q7l@4ax.com...
>
>>On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:46:02 -0400, "siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [07-08-07]
>>>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
> My two cents: Every time I download a new HOSTS the video news clips
> on Fox NewsChannel.com refuse to play. I have to go back and install
> my old HOSTS (292 kb) from way back before the videos will run.
>
> I had X (remarked) out the "view.atdmt.com" line in the old file to
> get the videos to work. But just remarking out that line in the new
> HOSTS file does not permit the videos to play. They must have
> redirected another link in the string of pages that Fox News accesses
> to play the videos, and I don't have the patience to go thru the file
> testing one line at a time to see which needed file has been
> redirected this time. Fox forces you to watch an ad between each clip
> and if the ads are blocked so is the video clip. I guess someone
> hates ads so much that they don't mind missing a big part of the news
> just to avoid the ads.
>
> I appreciate the effort to make the internet a safer place, but this
> HOSTS file throws out the baby along with the bath water unless mature
> judgement is used in choosing what to let thru and what to block.

I think you'd do better to air your thoughts with the ones that create the
file instead of just complaining about it here.

cmsix

>
> FWIW
>
>

[Autumn]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:46:02 -0400, "siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com>
wrote:

>The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [07-08-07]
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
>Download: hosts.zip (141 kb)
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
>
>How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts2.htm
>
>HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm
>
>Note: the "text" version makes a great resource
>for determining possible culprits ... (595 kb)
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
>
>Sign up for HOSTS file update notices
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm#contribute
>
>Visit the Hosts News blog
>http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx
>
>Silj

Thanks, Silj.

[siljaline]

"Autumn" wrote:
<snip>
> Thanks, Silj.

Your most welcome, Autumn!

Silj

--
"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_