(TLDR: copy all of the text in this file, and paste it into your "hosts" file. (can be found at "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc")) Use this file to prevent your computer from connecting to selected internet hosts.

I use 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1, as it is slightly faster. HOWEVER, it may not be compatible with all systems. if this is not compatible with your system, "simply" replace every occurrence of "0.0.0.0" with "127.0.0.1" (get Notepad++, use Ctrl+F, select the "replace" tab, put "0.0.0.0" in the "Find what:" box and "127.0.0.1" in the "Replace with:" box, then click "Replace All". THIS WILL CAUSE LAG DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS FILE!!!!!!)

This file must be saved as a text file with no extension. (This means that the file name should be exactly as below, without a ".txt" appended.) I repeat, the file should be named "hosts" NOT "hosts.txt".

For Windows 8, 10, and 11, use "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" You may need to tell Windows Defender to ignore this path see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2764944 You may have to use "Run as Administrator"

broken websites? remove L8X's Anti IP Logger and Dan Pollocks Hosts File (bottom of the file)

• me - formatting and my tiny hosts list

• Ice Bear - informing me about the fake Krnl domains (and for making Krnl)

• L8X - FurBlock & Anti IP Logger

• Konnor88 - Anti IP Grabber

• QuidsUp - NoTrack Trackers & Malware

• RPiList - Win10Telemetry

• ThioJoe - SpamDomains

• crazy-max - WindowsSpyBlocker

• Disconnect - SimpleTracking

• and of course, Dan Pollock - the og hosts file

• and everyone else who helped with Dan Pollocks Hosts file:

  • Bill Allison, Harj Basi, Lance Russhing, Marshall Drew-Brook, Leigh Brasington, Scott Terbush, Cary Newfeldt, Kaye, Jeff Scrivener, Mark Hudson, Matt Bells, T. Kim Nguyen, Lino Demasi, Marcelo Volmaro, Troy Martin, Donald Kerns, B.Patten-Walsh, bobeangi, Chris Maniscalco, George Gilbert, Kim Nilsson, zeromus, Robert Petty, Rob Morrison, Clive Smith, Cecilia Varni, OleKing Cole, William Jones, Brian Small, Raj Tailor, Richard Heritage, Alan Harrison, Ordorica, Crimson, Joseph Cianci, sirapacz, Dvixen, Matthew Craig, Tobias Hessem, Kevin F. Quinn, Thomas Corthals, Chris McBee, Jaime A. Guerra, Anders Josefson, Simon Manderson, Spectre Ghost, Darren Tay, Dallas Eschenauer, Cecilia Varni, Adam P. Cole, George Lefkaditis, grzesiek, Adam Howard, Mike Bizon, Samuel P. Mallare, Leinweber, Walter Novak, Stephen Genus, Zube, Johny Provoost, Peter Grafton, Johann Burkard, Magus, Ron Karner, Fredrik Dahlman, Michele Cybula, Bernard Conlu, Riku B, Twillers, Shaika-Dzari, Vartkes Goetcherian, Michael McCown, Garth, Richard Nairn, Exzar Reed, Robert Gauthier, Floyd Wilder, Mark Drissel, Kenny Lyons, Paul Dunne, Tirath Pannu, Mike Lambert, Dan Kolcun, Daniel Aleksandersen, Chris Heegard, Miles Golding, Daniel Bisca, Frederic Begou, Charles Fordyce, Mark Lehrer, Sebastien Nadeau-Jean, Russell Gordon, Alexey Gopachenko, Stirling Pearson, Alan Segal, Bobin Joseph, Chris Wall, Sean Flesch, Brent Getz, Jerry Cain, Brian Micek, Lee Hancock, Kay Thiele, Kwan Ting Chan, Wladimir Labeikovsky, Lino Demasi, Bowie Bailey, Andreas Marschall, Michael Tompkins, Michael O'Donnell, José Lucas Teixeira de Oliveira, M. Ömer Gölgeli, Anthony Gelibert, Russell O'Connor, kwadronaut, John Mueller and Lawrence H Smith, and Jesse Baird

• Maxxus' Mini Hosts File - MaxxusX
• FurBlock (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/L8X/furblock/main/fursecution.txt) - L8X
• Anti IP Grabber (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Konnor88/anti-grabify/master/url_list.txt) - Konnor88
• NoTrack Trackers (https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/-/raw/master/trackers.hosts) - QuidsUp
• NoTrack Malware (https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/-/raw/master/malware.hosts) - QuidsUp
• Win10Telemetry (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/Win10Telemetry) - RPiList
• SpamDomains (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThioJoe/YT-Spam-Lists/main/SpamDomainsList.txt) - ThioJoe
• WindowsSpyBlocker (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt) - crazy-max
• SimpleTracking (https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt) - Disconnect
• Anti IP Logger (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/L8X/Anti-IP-Logger-Blocklist/main/blocklist.txt) - L8X
• Dan Pollock's Hosts file (https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/hosts) - Dan Pollock