Host+files+and+their+usage

Host files and their usage

A short explanation of Host files is :- They are contained in your computer, and aimed at assisting you in accessing your preferred sites quicker rather than going to the Internet and ask your ISP's DNS server where it is.

Now a benefit of this is that you can use Host file to Block Malicious Web Sites Now you ask where do you acquire a list of bad sites? Here is the answer [|__MVPS.org__]

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It is called Hosts.zip This site is a quick reference guide on Web sites for your computer, you can tell the HOSTS file which sites the Web browser should not be able to visit. Since a HOSTS file is like If you have a list of every bad Web site, you could make a HOSTS file that wouldn't allow your computer to visit any of them. This organization keeps an up to date list of known malicious Web sites. Not only do they keep the list updated, but they also put it into a custom HOSTS file for everyone to use. All you have to do is download it and replace your current HOSTS file with it. Download the file to your desktop, or wherever. Right click it and extract all. Install the file MVPS.bat and you're finished. Now all the nasties never get loaded - that is what I call good news. Want to know more visit [|__MVPS Web site__] [] 