Originally Posted by
WWGuy
Editing the hosts file to block/spoof the domains of malicious resources may help, but I'd hardly describe it as a "very good layer of security". This strategy depends on having a current and inclusive list of known malicious websites, the skills or utility to update or replace your HOSTS files, and the discipline to do it regularly. In the end it doesn't do anything other than block access to the websites or servers specified in the current HOSTS file.
It's not perfect, but it does work, and has been useful to me so far.
Watch the lower left hand corner of your screen while you're waiting for the page to load, and you can often see who's downloading stuff to you. Copy the url and add it to your list.
Originally Posted by
WWGuy
That's the site I used. There are others with other lists. Or, you could combine them (I'm thinking something like
cat list1>biglist cat list2>>biglist ... cat biglist|sort|uniq)