There are two reason to put an entry into the hosts. file.
| Hosts. File Managers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program | Cost | Notes | ||
| TweakDUN | free | Unfortunately no longer available. It let you mark your domains in your hosts. file as either #SKIP or plain. You would each day ask it to look up the latest IPs of the plain domains and replace the values. I may have to write one myself. | ||
| Abelhadigital HostsMan | free | Complicated. Takes over entire DNS system. I could see no way to get it to to simply refresh the IPs in your host file. However, it would at least look up an individual IP if you typed the domain name. It’s main function is to download large lists of rude domains so that you can deflect DNS look up. | ||
| Bluetack B.I.S.S Hosts Manager | free | complex. Has large frequently-refreshed downloaded list of domains/ips. Designed to take over from DNS completely. I could not get it to look up an IP. It froze several times. The help is not very helpful, basically states the obvious without explaining anything. | ||
| Funkytoad HostsXpert | free | Lets you merge and sort, but nothing to update the IPs on your list of domains. No install. You must create a directory, unzip and create a shortcut to the exe. | ||
| Mike Meyer HostsToggle | free | Open source. Written in VB. All it does is toggle two different hosts. files. Last revised: 2002 Verified: 2007-05-20 | ||
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