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suityou01 replied

28 April 2014, 18:14
Originally posted by eek View Post

So you admit Mrs SY has many problems Do they mainly derive from you?

The long suffering SY02
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eek replied

28 April 2014, 17:06
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

oooh get her

So you admit Mrs SY has many problems Do they mainly derive from you?
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suityou01 replied

28 April 2014, 15:25
Originally posted by eek View Post

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

oooh get her
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eek replied

28 April 2014, 15:24
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

/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
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suityou01 replied

28 April 2014, 15:23
Originally posted by eek View Post

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
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eek replied

28 April 2014, 15:22
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

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...
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cojak replied

28 April 2014, 15:20
Originally posted by eek View Post

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...)
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suityou01 replied

28 April 2014, 15:19
Originally posted by eek View Post

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
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eek replied

28 April 2014, 15:14
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

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....
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petergriffin replied

28 April 2014, 15:13
Originally posted by cojak View Post

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.
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petergriffin replied

28 April 2014, 15:10
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

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.
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cojak replied

28 April 2014, 15:10
Originally posted by petergriffin View Post

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...
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suityou01 replied

28 April 2014, 15:08
Originally posted by petergriffin View Post

Fedora is bugged by the NSA, same as all distros that use SeLinux.

Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.
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suityou01 replied

28 April 2014, 15:07
Originally posted by petergriffin View Post

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

That's it.

Wassitdo?
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petergriffin replied

28 April 2014, 14:56
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Suddenly I'm glad I run Fedora on Heisenbug.

Fedora is bugged by the NSA, same as all distros that use SeLinux.
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