Posts by .JMB.

Microsoft backports data slurp to Windows 7 and 8 via patches

Re: Where are the hackers when you need them?

Your solution also gives the added benefit of inmunizing your PC against ALL FORMS of data slurps and spyware. It's a set-and-forget solution that once implemented you can just lay back and relax while seeing everyone else wrestle the spyware.

Re: Escalate beyond the hosts file?

The problem with this is that it only works if the computer will never be used on any network other than your own. But you can instead put windows 7 in a virtual machine running on Linux. That way you can block the relevant IP in the Linux firewall, do the domain redefinition/re-routing in the Linux hosts file and finally the re-routing back to the original domain in the Windows hosts file within the virtual machine. That way you get the same benefits in a more portable, WLAN/router agnostic way.