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Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apkb

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's SLOWER than hosts: http://superuser.com/questions...

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

"Nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does!

---

NOD32/ESET's says hosts = good security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I "overturned" an expert on a false positive on my Hosts program who gave in!

(MalwareBytes' employee VETTED it & hosts + RECOMMENDS it-> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

---

Mr. Oliver Day @ Symantec/Norton does: http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

Bouldin denied it:

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

---

Bouldin wrote a ware that secures you + SPEEDS YOU UP (vs antivirus - not as effective vs. online modern threats, mine is stopping infestation BEFORE it gets you & IF in you stops communique BACK to C&C!) security pros second me on? No.

---

Bouldin AGREES hosts give users security, speed, reliability, & anonymity:

"Hosts files are NOT effective at blocking command&control of botnets. I actually agree with most of the rest of the list, but hosts files are not the silver bullet you make them out to be." - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

I never said hosts "cure all" + challenged him to show where I have - he couldn't.

Then Bouldin RAN vs. https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/m... since served up by host names hosts block.

(He *tried* DGA botnets later & they're ephemerals - LOW infection odds & below KILLS 'em + e.g.: 0.0.0.0 DGABotnetCandC#.com )

---

Bouldin tried Python scripts w/ DNS to rogue DNS server (firewalls stop this)!

Can't sneak it in: I CUTOFF AVENUES TO IT in my security guides:

E.G.-> http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(Based on CIS Tool an esteemed security tool I've put fixes in)

APK

P.S.=> You fail claiming to be a security pro... apk

Bouldin's Golden Top 10++ 'greatest hits' fails

"Nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does!

---

NOD32/ESET's says hosts = good security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I "overturned" an expert on a false positive on my Hosts program who gave in!

(MalwareBytes' employee VETTED it & hosts + RECOMMENDS it-> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

---

Mr. Oliver Day @ Symantec/Norton does: http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

Bouldin denied it:

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

---

Bouldin wrote a ware that secures you + SPEEDS YOU UP (vs antivirus - not as effective vs. online modern threats, mine is stopping infestation BEFORE it gets you & IF in you stops communique BACK to C&C!) security pros second me on? No.

---

Bouldin AGREES hosts give users security, speed, reliability, & anonymity:

"Hosts files are NOT effective at blocking command&control of botnets. I actually agree with most of the rest of the list, but hosts files are not the silver bullet you make them out to be." - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

I never said hosts "cure all" + challenged him to show where I have - he couldn't.

Then Bouldin RAN vs. https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/m... since served up by host names hosts block.

(He *tried* DGA botnets later & they're ephemerals - LOW infection odds & below KILLS 'em + e.g.: 0.0.0.0 DGABotnetCandC#.com )

---

Bouldin tried Python scripts w/ DNS to rogue DNS server (firewalls stop this)!

Can't sneak it in: I CUTOFF AVENUES TO IT in my security guides:

E.G.-> http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(Based on CIS Tool an esteemed security tool I've put fixes in)

APK

P.S.=> You fail... apk

GOOGLE PAYOFF MONEY WON'T HELP NOW: SEE SUBJECT - Criticize material below validly, good luck!

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app ( like stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easy texteditor controlled data
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. kernelmode hosts).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

OpenDNS = fully patched vs. the Kaminsky redirect poisoning security flaw (99.999% of ISP DNS aren't)!

IMPORTANT - SEE SUBJECT:

See this 'downside' in CORPORATE settings http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(See subject - ESPECIALLY when combined with a GOOD custom hosts file as was detailed IN DETAIL as to how/why http://it.slashdot.org/comment... )

FACT: Hosts save you from the remote query-turnaround resolution time resolved from the TOP of your custom hosts file that my program creates?

THAT rivals up to 3++ MILLION remoted indexed query speeds from DNS easily!

(Do the math via binary search pattern on 30 or so of your favorite sites placed @ the TOP of your custom hosts file you create (see below, from 10 reputable sources in the security community that produce that data), where YOU spend MOST of your time online at & see).

It works!

(& to BOTH speed you up in that AND secure you additionally vs. redirects by AVOIDING DNS totally (along with DNSBL's you don't like & DNS request logs tracking too as GOOD 'side-effects' thereof along with reliability + better speed gained in using hosts))

OpenDNS' "FREEBIE" model = fine, & no 'tracking cookies' etc./et al result either afaik...

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit: http://start64.com/index.php?o...

AND?

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes TOP employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news... UNDER THE SUN!

(Clue: The ,b>man's SEEN & VERIFIED 100% that my sourcecode & program ARE SAFE, even has a copy he keeps for me...)

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

Yes - He's a GOOD man & checked it, even helping me disprove SEVERAL false positives (since he knows the major antivirus companies' guys too)

So far, the ones I've turned over "false positives" on are:

Qihoo360
EmsiSoft
ArcaVir
ESET/NOD32 (see below)
Comodo
McAfee
Sophos

* So much for "security engineers" & "experts" like Bouldin especially vs. the likes of them "going MY way", fool...

APK

P.S.=> Bouldin, are YOU senile too? YOU KNOW THIS from Aryeh Goretsky of NOD32/ESET an enterprise class widely recognized GOOD antivirus (he posts on /. too, mind you): He was one I overturned (good guy though on it & FAIR) & HE TOLD YOU "hosts are a GOOD effective defense vs. malware"!

Refresh your FAILING fail memory -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... , dolt... lol & "EAT YOUR WORDS"...

... apk

"Nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

Anyone can use it + see they do & MANY use that program stupid!

(you FAIL #2)!

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NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

---

Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does too http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU ALSO TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in PLAIN Black & White with his NAME on it!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (added proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via the layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I've COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR name/credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

---

Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus which is not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, mine is, stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me) - & you're a "security-engineer"after the above? LOL, not... apk

"Nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

Anyone can use it + see they do & MANY use that program stupid!

(you FAIL #2)!

---

NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

---

Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does too http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU ALSO TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in PLAIN Black & White with his NAME on it!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (added proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via the layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I've COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR name/credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

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Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus which is not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, mine is, stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me) - & you're a "security-engineer"after the above? LOL, not... apk

See subject: & for less resources consumed + less "moving part" for breakdown OR exploitation:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues!

Local hosts files consume less power vs. DNS!

Especially vs. LOCALLY installed DNS servers (especially on a separate machine but less on same single system but still there) & they definitely consume more CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O needlessly + add complexity of setup + deny tables are MORE COMPLEX to write than simple hosts blocking entries are by far...

HOWEVER:

Hosts, when combined w/ a filtering REMOTE DNS, such as OpenDNS (patched vs. the Kaminsky redirect flaw, 99.999% of ISP DNS aren't + OpenDNS filters threats), hosts & remote DNS compliment one another like 'bread & butter' do!

Using my program shown below, one can place their favorite websites they spend MOST of their time online @ the TOP of a custom hosts file which caches into RAM (for me, that's like 95++% locally queried FASTER from hosts with no remote query-turnaround timelag OR risk of redirection poisonings), & resolves as FAST as possible (since hosts are the 1st thing queried by the IP stack by default).

BONUS for DNS admins: Hosts lighten up the request load, making the server work less, thus less chance for breakdown + power consumption too!

* :)

(By "yours truly"... Accept NO substitutes & ENJOY!)

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

"Nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

Anyone can use it + see they do & MANY use that program stupid!

(you FAIL #2)!

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NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

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Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does too http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU ALSO TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in PLAIN Black & White with his NAME on it!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (added proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via the layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I've COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR name/credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

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Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus which is not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, mine is, stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me) - & you're a "security-engineer"after the above? LOL, not... apk

"Nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

Anyone can use it + see they do & MANY use that program stupid!

(you FAIL #2)!

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NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

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Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does too http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU ALSO TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in PLAIN Black & White with his NAME on it!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (added proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via the layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I've COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR name/credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

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Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus which is not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, mine is, stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me) - & you're a "security-engineer"after the above? LOL, not... apk

"Because nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

You LATER deny it's spybot's forums http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

Anyone can use it + see they do & MANY use that program stupid!

(you FAIL #2)!

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NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

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Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does too http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU ALSO TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in PLAIN Black & White with his NAME on it!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (added proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via the layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I've COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR name/credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

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Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus which is not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, mine is, stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me)... apk

"Because nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

You LATER deny it's spybot's forums http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

Anyone can use it + see they do & MANY use that program stupid!

(you FAIL #2)!

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NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

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Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does too http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU ALSO TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in PLAIN Black & White with his NAME on it!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (added proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via the layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I've COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR name/credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

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Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus which is not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, mine is, stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me)... apk

"Because nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

You LATER deny it's spybot's forums http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

Anyone can use it + see they do & MANY use that program stupid!

(you FAIL #2)!

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NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

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Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does too http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU ALSO TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in PLAIN Black & White with his NAME on it!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (added proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via the layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I've COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR name/credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

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Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus which is not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, mine is, stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me)... apk

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

See subject: Others host my wares for me (MalwareBytes' hpHosts' site admin, their "top man" in fact, does -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & he highly recommends it above others like it for doing the job of taking custom hosts file data he & MANY others in the security community produce...) - I don't see ANY ads there (but then again, I use a custom hosts file to stop them from infecting me with malicious script OR from stealing the bandwidth I payout monthly for too). If you mean where I showcase it here as well APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-Bit http://start64.com/index.php?o... I don't see any ads there either (see above as to why).

* :)

(... And, "there ya go"...)

APK

P.S.=> I wouldn't be aware of ads on *ANY* site, as I never EVER see 'em & get the MOST out of what I pay for speed-wise in my internet connection's bandwidth that's ALL MINE, not stolen by advertisers (& I certainly do NOT get poisoned by them in ANY way either) - how about you, fool? Apparently, you do get those downsides after your statements here, I don't... apk

Bouldin's CLAIMED he is a 'security engineer'? Ok:

"Nobody uses hosts files for security" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:53PM (#49746865)

FROM -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

SpyBot S&D does dimwit

(you FAIL #1)!

MANY use that program stupid & know it does!

(you FAIL #2)!

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NOD32/ESET's says hosts = valuable security http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I also "overturned a SECURITY expert" on a "false positive" on my Hosts program RIGHT there & he gave in!

(YOU FAIL #3)!

(Had to - MalwareBytes' employees VETTED my code & even host + HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for me near top of -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

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Mr. Oliver Day of Symantec/Norton/SecurityFocus does http://www.securityfocus.com/c...

(you FAIL #4)!

YOU TRIED TO DENY it & it's there in Black & White!

"I don't see Oliver Day of SecurityFocus on there. Weren't you going to cite him?" - by bouldin (828821) on Thursday May 21, 2015 @08:43PM (#49747763)

FROM-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

(you FAIL #5)!

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WHOSE INITIALS ARE ON THIS - WINNER IN 2008 (proof of paid for good layered security article):

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/in...

(YOU FAIL #7)!

Via layered security/defense in depth methods my security guide extolls? I COMPLETELY shut down your "desperation" RARE edge cases you tried too!

(You FAIL #8)!

Do YOU have *ANYTHING* like it to YOUR credit? No.

(YOU FAIL #9)!

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Do you write a ware that noted security pros even seconded me on?? No.

(You FAIL #10)!

A ware that not only secures you but ALSO SPEEDS YOU UP (e.g. unlike antivirus, not as effective anymore vs. online modern threats, where mine is @ stopping sources of infestation BEFORE they can get into you, & IF in you, stopping their communications BACK to C&C servers too!)

APK

P.S.=> LMAO: "Bouldin's GOLDEN top 10 'greatest hits'" (fails vs. me) - & he "DISAPPEARED" after that & YOU suddenly now appear today with a NEW 7-digit trolling sockpuppet account? See subject, lol... apk

See subject: By MalwareBytes' hpHosts (who vetted it for safety & host + recommend it @ the top of their site for data for custom hosts files, here-> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... ).

* It doesn't GET any better than that since they are literally the BEST antimalware on the planet per a very recent testing of them all, & I've got their validation on its safety!

(Nothing can touch it, or me (least of all a TROLL like yourself spouting falsehoods/fables...)).

My app also gets its data from 10 reputable sites in the security community (such as MVPS, SomeOneWhoCares & MalwareBytes & they ARE TRULY the BEST antivirus per that July 2014 recent test of them all -> http://www.av-test.org/en/news... ).

Lastly - Learn to read, or get "hooked on phonics" remedial reading lessons help... lol!

APK

P.S.=> Judging by your 7-digit brand-new /. account (sockpuppet) & your previous FAILED attempt @ "making me look bad" here in this article's exchanges once already -> http://news.slashdot.org/comme... ?

It's VERY obvious you're just some troll that I've no doubt utterly wasted before, using a new 'sockpuppet' account, since you most likely repeatedly vainly & effetely flailed against facts I post in favor of hosts efficacy + efficiency gains over browser addons galore & failed!

That, OR you're a malware maker, advertiser, or INFERIOR competitor... take your pick (they're the only ones threatened by it after all).

(Especially since no single one really does MORE & for less than hosts, which unlike OTHER "so-called 'security solutions', actually gains you speed, vs. stealing it)...

... apk

See subject & this: APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...

FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. browser addons & locally installed DNS servers @ home + fixes DNS' redirect security issues - obtaining its data vs. online threats & adbanner blocking from 10 reputable sites in the security community!

* :)

(By "yours truly"... accept NO substitutes!)

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

My app gets its data from 10 reputable & reliable sites in the security community (such as MVPS, SomeOneWhoCare & MalwareBytes' hpHosts (who have vetted my program for safety & host + recommend it @ the top of their site for data of that nature here-> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... )).

APK

P.S.=> Per my subject above? My reaction is THAT, since the ONLY way that'd happen is if you inserted a malicious site into it yourself manually... or if you suck in a malware that does it like QHosts as an example!

However:

My program protects hosts vs. malicious things doing it since it updates from FRESH data (every 12 hours automatically IF you wish, more if you do it manually yourself) & overwrites your host with the MOST current data regarding threats online from the reputable sources I noted some 'samples thereof' above... & my program applies Read-Only attributes to your actual hosts file every 1/2 second on a hi-res timer (better than exclusively locking the file which WOULD be another way, but some browsers use hosts too, not just the IP stack)) while my program is resident + when it shuts down - Windows File Protection & UAC do the rest for securing hosts pretty well ontop of that, so you know... apk

Untrue. MalwareBytes' hpHost site hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... they're the best in the business as far as malware detection from the test in July 2014 that apk put up as evidence of that also. You're just being a troll, go away!

Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!

PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.

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* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4

I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> http://news.slashdot.org/comme...

1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...

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For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

APK

P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")

... apk

Can ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage

* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery doing it as well or at all!

APK

P.S.=> Ghostery does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

Ghostery adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons

* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!

APK

P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!

PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.

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* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4

I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> http://news.slashdot.org/comme...

1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...

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For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

APK

P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")

... apk

See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!

PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.

---

* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4

I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> INSERT MY POST HERE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR BULLSHIT

1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...

---

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

APK

P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")

... apk

See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!

PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.

---

* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4

I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> INSERT MY POST HERE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR BULLSHIT

1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...

---

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

APK

P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")

... apk

Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons

* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!

APK

P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk

Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:

1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons

* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!

APK

P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):

AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...

Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).

For the BEST hosts file?

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...

... apk