Download HostsMan 4.7 build 105

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 the host file up-to-date is a time-consuming job, 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 emptied. Version 4.7 of HostsMan has been released and the following changes and improvements have been made to it:

Added:

• Update Manager dialog now has the option to open local update source files in editor;
• “Dan Pollock’s hosts file” source;

Changed:

• More information is displayed when hosts file is in use by other applications (Vista and later);

Changed:

• Updated URLs for “Peter Lowe’s AdServers List” and “Malware Domain List” sources;
• Check whether DNS Client service is broken;
• “Export Hosts” always exports to zip file under Vista and later;
• Minor bugs.