<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9d719364-9778-42c3-9ddc-a33fe939f589/1ECA33BE-0492-481C-ACD0-5C917930E833/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm" href="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mvps.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"><B>Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.mvps.org/img/D077D619-ADDB-4676-9826-4D9CB4AE5E1A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"><P><b><font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="3">What it does ...</font></b><br>The <a title="Wikipedia Definition of a Hosts file" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file">Hosts file<img class="TargetAlertIcon" src="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/chrome://targetalert/content/skin/new.png"></a> contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. This file is loaded into memory (cache) at startup, then Windows checks the Hosts file <b>before</b> it queries any DNS servers, which enables it to override addresses in the DNS. This prevents access to the listed sites by redirecting any connection attempts back to the local machine. Another feature of the HOSTS file is its ability to block other applications from connecting to the Internet, providing the entry exists.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"><B>Now includes most major parasites, hijackers and unwanted Search Engines!<br></B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"><B>Editors Note</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><a target="_blank" title="Hosts Secure" href="http://www.timdorr.com/syko86/ycsoft/hostssecure.htm">HOSTS Secure<img class="TargetAlertIcon" src="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/chrome://targetalert/content/skin/new.png"></a> is a utility that you can use to automatically download, unzip,<br>and install the MVPS HOSTS file. Features include a scheduler to keep the file<br>up to Date. Note: <b>requires</b> ".<a target="_blank" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/howtoget.aspx">Net Framework <img class="TargetAlertIcon" src="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/chrome://targetalert/content/skin/new.png"></a>1.1" [<a title="Screenshot of Hosts Secure options" href="http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/HostsSecureOptions.gif">screenshot</a>]</TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1ECA33BE-0492-481C-ACD0-5C917930E833/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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