HOSTS File redirection

[DaveLembke]

Hello Everyone ... A friend of mine mentioned use of a large host file with redirection to 127.0.0.1 for sites that he wanted to block users from snagging adware/spyware at as well as redirection of websites to block access to.

Question: Is this a good method of blocking these problems in addition to software that blocks adware/spyware, or is it a waste of time to maintain up to date HOSTS files with a Blacklist redirected to 127.0.0.1

Thanks.. :-/

[Fed]

Spybot S&D will do it all for you, maintaining is only a matter of updating and immunizing.
Running Spybot in Advanced mode gives you other options like locking the HOSTS file too.
You can also use your HOSTS file to speed up web browsing too.