Warning: Microsoft allegedly mods YOUR hosts file.
Preface: One thing I forgot to mention in an earlier article is that you can also block sites from being accessed with the hosts file. 127.0.0.1 is the address for your local computer. So when an address of say www.facebook.com is associated with the local host and then accessed, it will bring you back to your local machine. Good way to keep people off unwanted sites. In fact, you can down load a list of sites that are generally not good for your system at: (you will have to modify it for your needs). http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt The main story: According to http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-s-security-software-modifies-HOSTS-file-1670927.html/ The biggest gripe is that if you have www.facebook.com and certain other sitess blocked, Microsoft will modify your hosts file to re-enable it. Here is an example before modification. What bothers a lot of people is that what gives Microsoft the right to modify such ...