VaMPiRiCCRoW
join:2004-06-24
Portugal
|  HostsMan 3.0.0.25 beta 1
HostsMan 3.0.0.25 beta 1 - http://hostsman.abelhadigital.com
Description:
HostsMan is a freeware application that lets you manage your Hosts file with ease.
Features:
- online update and auto-update of hosts file;
- enable/disable usage of hosts file;
- open Hosts file with one click;
- merge two hosts files;
- built-in hosts editor;
- scan hosts for errors, duplicates and possible hijacks;
- find how many host names;
- easily install newly downloaded hosts file;
- create encrypted backups of your hosts file;
- resolve host names;
- keep log of latest blocked sites;
- exclusion list;
- etc.
New on this version:
- added: Auto-Updates;
- added: editable update list;
- added: option to mark updates as not installed;
- added: support for proxy basic authentication;
- added: option to restore original Windows hosts file;
- added: 'Additional Information' window;
- added: IPv6 support (hosts file);
- added: comment lines support;
- added: fix hijack of hosts file ('databasepath' registry value);
- added: support for regular expressions to the Exclusion List;
- changed: 90% of the code rewritten;
- changed: memory manager replaced;
- changed: hosts lock removed;
- changed: interface updated;
- changed: exclusion list improved;
- changed: editor improved (rewritten from scratch);
- changed: 'Block Adverts' removed from update list;
- changed: HostsServer replaces built-in HTTP Server;
- fixed: some encrypted backups are not created correctly;
- fixed: several bugs;
- etc.
Note: The next beta versions will be again only for Beta Testers. |
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norwegian
Premium
join:2005-02-15
Outback | Thanks. 
Not that there was much wrong with the version already here.  |
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BIGbadjohn
HI JFK, you frightened us back in 1962
Premium
join:2003-03-05
Ireland | reply to VaMPiRiCCRoW
Thanks also, useful little piece. |
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Dustyn
Premium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
| reply to norwegian
said by norwegian  :Thanks. Not that there was much wrong with the version already here. Hmmm.... "Changed: Hosts Lock Removed"? 
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norwegian
Premium
join:2005-02-15
Outback
 ·WestNet Broadband
| reply to VaMPiRiCCRoW
Yes it was a dangerous key
I wonder if that particular item had anything to do with it causing issues in KIS beta ? Maybe coincedence.
Some great changes made all the same. |
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jbob
Reach Out and Touch Someone
Premium
join:2004-04-26
Little Rock, AR
 ·Comcast
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to VaMPiRiCCRoW
Wow a big difference between this version and the previous version is the way is the way it displays blocking when viewing the Hosts file using the HostsMan Editor. In the old version a check mark in the block meant blocking is enabled. With this version a check mark means blocking is disabled. When I first saw that I thought, "you mean I gotta turn on blocking?"
Be aware!
From the FAQ:
7. What are all these boxes in HostsMan Editor for?
The boxes indicate the state of each entry. A box with no comment sign means that entry is enabled, or in other words, that host name is being blocked/redirected. A box with a comment sign means that entry is disabled, or in other words, it will be ignored when that host name needs to be resolved. |
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VaMPiRiCCRoW
join:2004-06-24
Portugal | reply to VaMPiRiCCRoW
The protection of HOSTS file was disable from the program, because it's to easy to break it.
And they don't think to add it again because they aren't so comfortable to program services... |
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