Posted by AlmostBob on 06/30/06 13:16

Wherever you get the WinMX PARTIAL host file from, don't waste
the existence of the hosts file,
get the Hosts file from http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
and merge in the winmx group or mxpie file. into the anti adware Hosts file

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"Morton Davis" <antikerry@go.com> wrote in message
news:Fn9pg.12178$FQ1.10626@attbi_s71...
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> "Anon" <nepotism+despotism@whitehouse.gov> wrote in message
> news:aradnc78FJQxLjnZnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@giganews.com...
> > Penelope Pitstop wrote:
> >
> > > Anon <nepotism+despotism@whitehouse.gov> wrote:
> > >> I'm happily running winmx v3.31 by using the(?) additional
> > >> hosts file entries.
> > >>
> > >> The other day my winmx displayed "CLICK FOR URGENT UPDATE!!!"
> > >> in the line below the title bar (where, for months, it'd only
> > >> been saying "Please be Patient!!!").
> > >>
> > >> I read the articles here, and the article at
> > >> http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1214 (about dealing
> > >> with "false files"). The article left me scratching my
> > >> head... (Was I supposed to know what "smokeblower" is?
> > >> Without "the patch" will I [just still] see "false files"?)
> > >>
> > >> Since I had no concerns about "false files", I never felt
> > >> the need for any "patch", and so I am naturally concerned
> > >> about the possibility that the (executable) "cure" could
> > >> be worse than the "disease", at least as far as the health
> > >> and security of my system is concerned.
> > >>
> > >> Can someone here please explain what, if anything, I need
> > >> to do to my installation (and why) if I wish to remain a
> > >> participant in the winmx file-sharing community? (It seems
> > >> as if fewer people are finding/offloading my files lately.)
> >
> > > Since the hosts file provides servers to connect to the network and
> > > those do change occasionally, it is important to update your hosts
file
> > > when a new one becomes available.
> > >
> > > If you connect as a primary, you *do* need to block the "bad" IP
ranges
> > > since you host other users connections and process search results for
> > > yourself and those other users connected to you.
> > >
> > > However, if you connect to as a secondary, there's no need to block
> > > those bad IP's, IMHO. It would not be effective except if you
connected
> > > to a faker directly by attempting to download a fake file (which would
> > > probably time out anyway whether you blocked or not).
> > >
> > > A primary connects directly to the network and a secondary connects to
a
> > > primary host. If, as a secondary, you connect to a primary who *does
> > > not* block those IP's, you will get fakes in your search results
> > > (depending on your search criteria and if the files you are after are
> > > currently being "faked" by the bad guys). If, as a secondary, you
> > > connect to a primary who *does* block those IP's, you should not get
> > > fakes in your search results. Although, not *every* faker can be
> > > blocked - only those major bad guys who are on the blocklist are
caught.
> > >
> > > Vladd's website suggests that you block those bad IP ranges with PG
Lite
> > > with the BlockTard list (though *not* for Windows 95/98/ME). Get it
> > > here - http://www.blocktards.com/p2p.html
> >
> > Thanks much. I'd have saved you some typing if I'd remembered
> > to say I connect as a secondary, sorry (my sharing box is old and
> > of far less than the minimum 'requirements' to run winmx at all,
> > though it keeps up OK).
> >
> > Is there a concensus 'best' (place to get a fresh) hosts file?
> >
> >
> Get the new Winmx at http://winmxgroup.com
>
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