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Manage Your Hosts File With HostsMan [Windows Only]

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Quite sometime back we had showed you how to block certain unwanted websites without installing any softwares, the trick involved editing the Windows hosts file. HostsMan is a freeware utility which allows you to easily edit the host files and block unwanted websites with ease.

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HostsMan lets you easily enable and disable the hosts file with just a click of a button, in addition you can also merge pre-created hosts file which block several unwanted websites which install spyware and adwares on your system. In addition to that it also includes a handy hosts file editor which will allow you to create or delete entries from the hosts file, without having to change file permissions.

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HostsMan Features

  • Automatic update of hosts file
  • Enable/Disable hosts file
  • Built-in hosts editor
  • Scan hosts for errors, duplicates and possible hijacks
  • Hosts file backup manager
  • Exclusion list
  • Local HTTP server

 

HostsMan is definitely a useful utility since it takes away the hassle of having to manually edit the hosts file every-time you want block or unblock a website.

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  1. Paid Survey Guy on October 2nd, 2008 at 6:02 am #

    Dam, do you know if there is a similar tool that works with mac? Thanks