Download HostsMan 4.1

One way to keep malware and advertisements out is to block the computers that serve this content. This can be done by including the IP numbers of these machines in the host file and pointing them to localhost. Keeping this host file up-to-date is a time-consuming task, but HostsMan can help with that. This free program can update current lists of well-known websites such as Msmvps.com fetch and combine with the already present host file. Furthermore, it can check the host file for wrong, duplicate or malicious lines, there is a built-in editor and the dns cache can be cleared. Version 4.1 of HostsMan has been released and the following changes have been made:

Added:

• Update source manager allows custom hosts file name inside compressed files
• Multiple selection in Exclusion List and Update Source Manager

Changed:

• Editor now allows file loading to be interrupted
• Improved memory usage
• Removed dependency on gdiplus.dll
• Updated Editor’s UI
• Other minor UI tweaks
• Replaced XML parser

Fixed:

• File loading locks Editor’s window until complete
• Preview in Backup Manager becomes unreliable when preview generation is interrupted
• Certain errors were not fixed during hosts file update
• Fails to load legacy exclusion list files
• Minor bugs.