URL Blocker for Windows

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• Suspicious little piece of software

  daelkorSeptember 14, 2011

  Pros

  it goes straigh to the point, block X URL for X time, that fine so far.

  Cons

  Cant delete an URL, I added one to expire in one year, what now? If messes with the HOSTS file, but with an external IP which under the wrong hands could be hijacking, tracking information and even whorst, pretending is X site to get your info.

  Summary

  Wouldn't be easier to use 127.0.0.1 as the destination IP instead of a "who knows" whos ip?

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• piece of crap

  jivaniaminNovember 15, 2009

  Pros

  nothing no pro just an awful software

  Cons

  everything

  Summary

  dont even come near it

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• THIS PROGRAM IS A DISCRACE

  jm19667September 28, 2009

  Pros

  There are no pros for this virus

  Cons

  It takes over on starting the computer and has very liittle functionality. You can not uninstall either.

  Summary

  To get rid of this program do the following. Open 'Windows Task Manager" (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) Look at top of the task bar and choose "Processes" look down to an 'Svc Host. exe" file using about 1,766 K. With the task manager still open go to your "C' drive and open 'Programs' folder, look for Url Blocker folder and open. Click on svc host icon in that folder should be an orange and blue icon. Open and close url blocker and watch the value on the particular svc host. exe go up and down from about 1,766 K to 768K on the far right of the task manager panel. When you are sure you have the right scv host highlight it and press the 'end process' task button on the right lower corner of the task manager. You have now stopped the svc host for url blocker and you can close the url blocker folder, right click the mouse on the url blocker folder and delete it. When you restart the computer Url Blocker should be absent. BEWARE THAT YOU STOP THE CORRECT "SVC" HOST" AS DESCRIBED OR YOU WILL CREATE MORE PROBLEMS TAHN YOU SOLVE. Happy computing.

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• Terrible -- Trashes Host File Entries

  May 15, 2009

  Pros

  waste of bandwidth and time to download this.

  Cons

  Uses hosts file to block URL access (very weak scheme ... use notepad to defeat) ... trashes all the other entries in the HOSTS file (for those of us using HostsMan).

  Summary

  You need to go to their website and download a separate program to remove the application (unless you're smart enough to use GoBack when testing new software)... trash like this should not be allowed in download.com ... essentially it's a program to make timed entries into the hosts file ... when the time is up, it removes the entry from the hosts file. big deal.

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• Buggy to the Extreme!

  HillbillyJamesJanuary 30, 2009

  Pros

  Great idea. I could really use a program like this if it worked.

  Cons

  On my Windows XP machine, it gives "I/O" error messages constantly, though still seems to function. On my Vista machine, it won't load properly at start-up, won't kill, and won't even uninstall with the separately download-able uninstaller!!!

  Summary

  A complete nightmare. I have no idea how to get this thing off my Vista machine now. Whether I try and use the actual program or the uninstaller, it just gives an error message stating that I don't have permission. And in the meantime it barrages me with constant error messages of its own just from running in an improper state on the taskbar (it won't even load into the system tray on Vista like its supposed to.)

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