HostsMan 3.2.71 Beta 7

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (183 votes)

BETA (July 6, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Freeware / 10,065 downloads

HostsMan is a freeware application that lets you manage your Hosts file with ease. Features online update of hosts file; enable/disable usage of hosts file; open Hosts file with one click; merge two hosts files; built-in hosts editor; prevent other programs of writing to the hosts; scan hosts for errors, duplicates and possible hijacks; find how many host names; easily install newly downloaded hosts file; create encrypted backups of your hosts file; resolve host names; keep log of latest blocked sites; exclusion list and more.

  • Publisher

    abelhadigital.com

  • Homepage

    HostsMan

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - Added: Windows 7 support

    - Added: two update sources ("hpHosts (Partial)" and "hpHosts (Ad and tracking servers only)")

    - Changed: comments, possible hijacks and disabled entries are drawn differently in HostsMan Editor

    - Fixed: cannot import some hosts file

    - Fixed: DPI scaling of some visual elements

    - Fixed: minor bugs

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    Aidans.Granny

    Reviewing 3.2.71 Beta 7 (Nov 5, 2009)

    Fantastic app! Love it! TY very much!

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    anomoly

    Reviewing 3.2.71 Beta 7 (Jul 7, 2009)

    What's wrong with notepad? Hmm, It can't disable or reenable your dns service, It won't update your host file/s, It doesn't have an exclusion list feature, It can't resolve host names. As well hostsman is portable so you can use it without ever installing & the exe is compressable. It also includes http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip by default.
    I have sometimes needed to disable certain hosts in order to view various picture url's.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 3.2.70 Beta 6 (Oct 30, 2008)

    Very slick app (gui-wise), that does exactly what it says it does.

    yokozuna: Thanks for your answer, man! :D

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    Undesired Username

    Reviewing 3.2.69 Beta 5 (Sep 29, 2008)

    What's wrong with Notepad? Well, I thought it was obvious, but HostsMan makes life easier. First of all, and obviously, it makes updating the hosts file easier. This is especially true for people who don't simply use an entire third-party hosts file as-is, but use a customized file instead. Why would you want to visit a web site and manually download a ZIP archive, then extract it, and all that? And if you have a customized hosts file, you have to copy/paste... Why, just why?

    You can add whitelist items, so when you update the list, you don't have to manually remove lines that point to domains you don't want blocked. Why would you want to use a text editor for all of this? Using Notepad is like shooting elephants with a BB-gun.

  5. 2 out of 5 stars
    ninjeratu

    Reviewing 3.2.69 Beta 5 (Sep 29, 2008)

    What's wrong with notepad?
    The hosts file is a textfile and this program is like shooting mosquitos with a bazooka. Still getting 2/5 because it works.

    Get a nice site blocking hosts file ( http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt for example) and you're set to go.

    Problem with large hosts files is that it's stored in RAM at startup and that Windows always will query the file when doing DNS lookups (even when not browsing).
    This can be counter productive if you only want to block ads and phishing sites in IE/Firefox. You're much better off getting AdMuncher or a plugin for Firefox. Seriously.

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