Reply to post: My localhosts file is used to block malware and ads

Mozilla's opt-out Firefox DNS privacy test sparks, er, privacy outcry

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My localhosts file is used to block malware and ads

Bad sites redirect to nothing (127.0.0.1) so the request never leaves the PC and nothing from these bad sites is shown.

Bypassing my localhosts file is very bad indeed.

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

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