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 ...

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 ...

Edit your rooted Android hosts file to block ad servers Your email has been sent If you're looking for the best way to block ads from reaching your rooted Android device, Jack Wallen shows you how to ...

Here's a short guide on how to block users of a PC from accessing certain websites, regardless of the browser. How to block certain websites on your PC? Do you want to block some websites on your home ...

If you see There was an error while attempting to read the local hosts file, Event ID 1012 in the Event Viewer of your Windows 11/10 computer, follow the solutions ...

Starting at the end of July, Microsoft has begun detecting HOSTS files that block Windows 10 telemetry servers as a 'Severe' security risk. The HOSTS file is a text file located at C:\Windows\system32 ...

The hosts file doesn't know what a URL is. The only way to block a part of a URL is by going through some sort of http proxy mechanism. There are web filters out there that can probably help but ...