Quote Originally Posted by jelson View Post

Additionally, it's a good way to clamp a lid on OpenCandy (advertising program included in some apps like mIRC & MediaInfo that scans your machine for installed apps and then offers installation of others). There's a Gizmo
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about it.
Yes I am familiar with that too, had to remove Orbit Downloader and YoWindow because of OpenCandy

I 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.
They have mentioned HostsMan in
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I think you would find this list helpful:
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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.)
LOL. I have Winpatrol Plus too and yes, it is rather slow. more like "Delayed protection" rather than "Realtime protection"

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.