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HostsMan: Edit, Restore, Manage And Merge Multiple Windows Hosts File

Just like other OS platforms, Windows includes a hosts file that lets user map domains with their IP address to increase access speed, redirect domains to preferred locations (by specifying IP address), and completely block the domain access. In a network environment, a system administrator may enforce using a single hosts file that redirects, let’s [...] (more…)

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Edit & Restore Windows Hosts File And Block Websites With Host Mechanic

Host Mechanic is a portable application to edit, delete and restore the Windows default hosts file. This application makes it easy to add entries to Windows hosts file; you won’t have to navigate to system32/drivers/etc folder every time just to add new domains and change mapped IPs. All you need is to launch the application, [...] (more…)

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BlueLife Hosts Editor: Get IP Addresses Of Domains & Block Or Activate Them

Windows hosts file managers are developed to create, edit & manage hosts file and also to switch between multiple hosts files without requiring you to manually overwrite existing hosts file. You may, for instance, want to use different hosts file for home and office network in order to block certain web portals and map frequently [...] (more…)

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HostsEditor: Quickly Toggle Mapped Domains On/Off In Windows Hosts

Windows Hosts file is used to map domain names with their IP addresses to instantly access the most frequently visited websites, network locations and also to block potentially harmful remote locations. Hosts file works just like your ISP provided DNS server. The only difference is that Hosts file lets you create list of domain names [...] (more…)

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Hosts Switcher Lets You Switch & Reload Hosts File In Firefox

Hosts Switcher is a Firefox extension that makes it easy to switch between different Hosts, it allows you to create different environments for viewing the same site and lets you easily switch between different environments. You can reload Hosts and clear cache and cookies with this extension. (more…)

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Create, Manage & Backup Windows Hosts File With Hosts File Generator

Some malware programs attempt to modify, remove or simple empty Windows hosts file. After gaining access to Windows hosts file, such malicious applications/scripts try to bypass those blocked websites which provide a gateway for other rootkit applications/scripts to gain and exploit root access of your system. For those who are not familiar with Windows hosts, [...] (more…)

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Manage Multiple Win Hosts Files With Hosts File Management

Windows hosts file is responsible for mapping hosts names with their IPs in order to quickly locate the hosts on the network and also for addressing nodes in a simple LAN environment. You can use it to block web page access or map frequently visited websites / domains with IPs to boost the access speed. [...] (more…)

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Optimize Windows Hosts File

There may be multitude of reasons as to why optimize WinHosts file, the reasons being it can be used for blocking specific websites, increase load up time of frequently visited WebPages and so on. HostsOptimizer is small utility designed for optimizing the content of WinHosts file, by eliminating the duplicate host names and comments. Adding [...] (more…)

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How To Block Unwanted Website In Ubuntu Linux

If your Ubuntu computer is used by some one else besides yourself, specially children, then you might want to restrict some websites and make sure they do not open on your system. Here is a quick way to block such sites in Ubuntu. It is extremely simple doesn’t require any third party application, you just [...] (more…)