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3 stars
Version: HostsMan 3.1.57
"Must be used daily I find."
Pros: The program is easy to use and does get rid of the overloaded Hosts file and back to the original file as set up by Windows
Cons: Clicking on the link to stop programs writing to Hosts file does not seem to always work. After about 18 hours after using I find that the Hosts file has become contaminated with a nasty that redirects your browser to unwanted sites.
Summary: The biggest problem with this software is that the option to prevent writing to the Hosts file is short lived as some things always penetrate this option and get written to the Hosts file. One particular bit that always gets in is a redirection of FireFox browser that takes you to a malicious site after being directed to "www.redirec.com\index.php"
This can be temporarily cured by running HostsMan again but the situation returns within 24 hours.
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