Re: Host file
- From: ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Moe Trin)
- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:34:07 -0600
On 24 Dec 2005, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.firewalls, in article
<1135441158.452522.226930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ty wrote:
> I am blocking sites with the Host file but the most frustrating
>thing is happening. The one site I want to block most is
>www.myspace.com.
>
> No matter how I put it into the host file it still loads. This is
>the first site I could not block this way. Anyone know why this may be?
Usual reason is that what-ever is calling up the site is calling it by
IP address, not hostname. That means it doesn't CARE what's in your hosts
file or in DNS. Sounds like another windoze 'mal-ware du jour' problem.
If you are running windoze - go look for yet another virus/trojan/spyware
removal tool unless you are absolutely positive that the the home page you
are expecting to load doesn't have it hard coded. If that's the case, find
another home page..
Old guy
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