Security hole in internet exploder 6-11

[cojak]

Just put this in your host file:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt

That's it.

Yeah, like I'd trust ANYTHING that PG posts...

[petergriffin]

Wassitdo?

It will block all in/out connections to the wee buggers!

And it will also speed up your browsing.

More here:
Blocking Unwanted Connections with a Hosts File

Note: you might have to use 127.0.0.1 instead of 0.0.0.0 on Fedora.

[petergriffin]

Yeah, like I'd trust ANYTHING that PG posts...

I could give you a 1-2-1 demonstration, then you'll beg me to plug your security hole.

[eek]

Wassitdo?

Well that questions moves you higher up the cretin of the year award.

As I'm generous however, the host file allows you to override the dns entries for particular domain names and hosts. This list of overrides will ensure that windows processes requests from YOUR browser to a large number of "advertising" sites to an address that does not exist....

[suityou01]

Well that questions moves you higher up the cretin of the year award.

As I'm generous however, the host file allows you to override the dns entries for particular domain names and hosts. This list of overrides will ensure that windows processes requests from YOUR browser to a large number of "advertising" sites to an address that does not exist....

I meant the file.

I know what hosts does

[cojak]

Well that questions moves you higher up the cretin of the year award.

As I'm generous however, the host file allows you to override the dns entries for particular domain names and hosts. This list of overrides will ensure that windows processes requests from YOUR browser to a large number of "advertising" sites to an address that does not exist....

Now that, I'd trust (up to a point, obv...)

[eek]

I meant the file.

I know what hosts does

But which file, the hosts.txt file with the list of adware sites or the hosts file within $windows\system32\drivers\etc

Either way your cretin-ness is only enhanced by your inability to ask clear cut, unambiguous questions...

[suityou01]

But which file, the hosts.txt file with the list of adware sites or the hosts file within $windows\system32\drivers\etc

Either way your cretin-ness is only enhanced by your inability to ask clear cut, unambiguous questions...

/etc/hosts

HTH BIVMDI

[eek]

/etc/hosts

HTH BIVMDI

/private/etc/hosts for those of us who can afford proper computers........

but the $windows version is required as that is the os we started off with.

You know the only one where IE still exists and the one with nearly as many problems as Mrs SY

[suityou01]

/private/etc/hosts for those of us who can afford proper computers........

oooh get her