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hpr0091 :: Hosts File

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Hosted by Xoke on 2008-05-06 is flagged as Explicit and is released under a CC-BY-NC-SA license.
Tags: Windows,Linux,Mac,Ad Blocking,Security.
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Hosts file locations
Linux: /etc/hosts
Windows: c:\windows\system32\drives\etc\hosts
Mac: /private/etc/hosts file

Example line:
127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net

Example hosts file (blocking ads):
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Open DNS

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