MS MVP Hosts File Updates

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I have the MS MVP hosts file installed and have been using a hosts file
updater to keep it current.

For some reason,. my Avast AV software has begun to recognize this updater
as a virus... Win32 Trojan-gen... which I am assuming is a false positive. I
want to stop using the updater until the conflict is resolved but I can't
find another way to get notification of hosts file updates.

There used to be a link on the MS MVP hosts file page that allowed users to
subscribe to email notifications of when the file was updated so they could
download the update from a link in the email, but I can't locate that link
on the page any more. Can someone point me in the right direction?
 
Why not set the file(s) as exceptions in AVG so they don't get scanned, both
in Resident Shield and Scheduled & Manual Scan?

Problem solved.

:I have the MS MVP hosts file installed and have been using a hosts file
: updater to keep it current.
:
: For some reason,. my Avast AV software has begun to recognize this updater
: as a virus... Win32 Trojan-gen... which I am assuming is a false positive.
I
: want to stop using the updater until the conflict is resolved but I can't
: find another way to get notification of hosts file updates.
:
: There used to be a link on the MS MVP hosts file page that allowed users
to
: subscribe to email notifications of when the file was updated so they
could
: download the update from a link in the email, but I can't locate that link
: on the page any more. Can someone point me in the right direction?
:
:
 
'Drew said:
I have the MS MVP hosts file installed and have been using a hosts file
updater to keep it current.

For some reason,. my Avast AV software has begun to recognize this updater
as a virus... Win32 Trojan-gen... which I am assuming is a false positive.
I want to stop using the updater until the conflict is resolved but I
can't find another way to get notification of hosts file updates.




There used to be a link on the MS MVP hosts file page that allowed users
to subscribe to email notifications of when the file was updated so they
could download the update from a link in the email, but I can't locate
that link on the page any more. Can someone point me in the right
direction?
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Drew-

From: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/updates.htm

Regretfully I can no longer accept any more subscribers to the MVPS HOSTS
file update mailing list. The response has far exceeded my expectations and
the list has out-grown the available software for providing a timely update.
I'd like to thank the tens of thousands that participated in the Mailing
list. I will continue to post the update notices on the HOSTS page as well
as on my blog.



I was wondering why I haven't gotten any notifications since March-Now I
know.

~Gary
 
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