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[polonus]

Hi YoKenny & hlecter,

In certain respects this using a host file does not work out sometimes, for instance Google Chrome also does not appear to use your host file. Google is checking with it’s own DNS server instead of going off of your hosts file.
Codeandcoffee say: "Why is this a big deal? For developers. We have a sandbox server that we use to build websites before they are rolled out. We direct our domains to these servers with our hosts files. Chrome never allows us to get to our sandbox servers via our host file." link: http://www.codeandcoffee.com/2008/11/03/google-chrome-does-not-use-your-host-file/
I like the way the old SpywareBlaster places thousands of sites in the Internet Zone with restricted access.
And the block list for Flock and also for ad/tracking cookies,
But in some sense blacklisting and host lists are good, I use this in my Flock firekeeper ids: Malware Patrol - Block List - http://www.malwarepatrol.net
#   List for FireKeeper
#   Generated at: 20090108201647 UTC
NoScript is also preventing a lot of connecting to malware vectors wherever you may go, as is using link checking like WOR, finjan, and Scandoo.com, but I agree there is a lot of ill weed out there, folks, and you two know it "Ill weed grows ......",

polonus

[YoKenny]

for instance Google Chrome also does not appear to use your host file. Google is checking with it’s own DNS server instead of going off of your hosts file.

I did not know that.

I like the way the old SpywareBlaster places thousands of sites in the Internet Zone with restricted access.

That's the first thing I like to install even before a HOSTS file.

as is using link checking like WOR, finjan, and Scandoo.com,

I assume you mean WoT and not WOR.

I have not tried finjan nor Scandoo.com but I do use WoT on the old PIII with IE8 beta2 and McAfee SiteAdvisor on my other XP systems.

MBAM is also good:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php