Block ads and malware with your hosts file

2022年1月13日 — A hosts file can be used to override your DNS server, allowing a user to create a custom URL for any website of their liking.

2023年6月29日 — Editing hosts files can allow you to block internet ads and risky websites. You can carry out this simple process on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

This article provides details on blocking Ads, Banners, Parasites, and Hijackers, web bugs, possibly unwanted programs etc. with a custom HOSTS file.

2022年4月12日 — Looking to block a website on a computer? Consider editing its hosts file. Here are some tips on how to get that done properly.

2023年10月7日 — Please try to reload the website including the cache, usually with Crtl+F5 (e.g. with Chrome, Firefox, etc.) which should do the trick.

2023年11月2日 — To block a website by using the Hosts file, you need to open the Command Prompt as an administrator (You can search this program in Windows ...

2024年7月31日 — To prevent access to particular sites, we can amend the /etc/hosts file to redirect the requests the browser/system makes to an invalid or loopback IP address.

2020年6月19日 — Enter the localhost IP of 127.0.0.1. Press the tab key and enter facebook.com. Press Enter to go to the next line. Create a second line like the ...

Open NotePad and click File > Open, click All Files (*.*) in the lower right-corner and open Windows > System32 > drivers > etc > hosts.