The Hosts file in Windows 11/10, is used to map host names to IP addresses. If for some reason, you find that your Hosts file has been compromised and that some malicious entries have been added, you ...

One of the easiest yet least known ways to drastically improve any PC’s ability to defend itself against malware such as adware or spyware is to simply redirect malicious websites using the hosts file ...

Hosts File is basically the file used by Microsoft Windows to map hostnames to IP addresses. In simple words, IP addresses can be given names like web addresses. For example, if you’ve hosted a local ...

The Windows Hosts file is a text file that contains Internet Protocol addresses and their domain hostnames. Similar to an address or telephone book, Windows refers to the Hosts file before it checks ...

Microsoft bypasses HOSTS file in certain circumstances There is a lot of talk on various security mailing lists regarding Microsoft's HOSTS file bypass. It appears starting in XP Pro SP2 and W2K3 SP1, ...

OneWay is a Trojan that modifies the Windows HOSTS file so that the computer is not able to reach various adware distribution service control panels. This particular Trojan appears to be created by an ...

The second part of that process can't be controlled by the hosts file or otherwise changing how reddit.com is resolved by the DNS client in windows. You need something in the middle (a proxy) to deny ...