Yes I am familiar with that too, had to remove Orbit Downloader and YoWindow because of OpenCandy
They have mentioned HostsMan inI found quite a few comments to articles that mention HostsMan in highly positive, if not glowing, terms -- but couldn't find a Gizmo article that talks about it.
I think you would find this list helpful:
LOL. I have Winpatrol Plus too and yes, it is rather slow. more like "Delayed protection" rather than "Realtime protection"I have WinPatrol Plus and when I updated my HOSTS file, it detected the change it asked if I wanted to allow it or not (after about a 1 min lag.)
And Jelson, I would like to thank you for taking time to explain about HostsXpert, hpHosts and HostsMan. very informative
I hope Avinash posts it on the blog, could be very useful for advanced users.