Based on what @Haliax and you said, can someone here merge and compile a host file based on what everyone shared so we can use it?

 

@MrLyannMusic you can find it on someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero

# There is a version of this file that uses 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1
# available at http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/.
# On some machines the zero version may run minutely faster, however it
# may not be compatible with all systems.

 

Appreciated but i was refering to the warez related host files shared by @Haliax and @Howard Carpendale

 

Oh, that could be done of course but I'm afraid it will make more problems than it solves.
Because not everyone uses pure warez, there could be a lot of false blocks when one uses a legit version of an app and we block it. Those legit versions most likely need the blocked connections and will fail.

 

i was only requesting that someone merges what's already been done, if someone uses a legit version of a piece of software that is blocked in the final version of host file, can manually delete it and modify it to suit his or her needs.

 

Last edited: Oct 16, 2021

Ah OK.Interesting idea.
I'm sure you'll find someone who's happy to do that for you

 

Last edited: Oct 16, 2021

Not me personally but for the whole community here

If it were only mere copying and merging i'd be happy to do it, but we're talking about changing all 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0 plus making sure there are no duplicates and don't forget about separating it into categories, from blocking known ad servers to microsoft's telemetry ips then warez, so it's easier to navigate and change it if individuals would want to do so, would be a cake walk for someone with basic programming skills to make it happen, but unfortunately not for me

 

It can be done, no doubt. It's a diligence task that can be done easily with a text editor (search & replace) even without any programming knowledge.

Spoiler: However...

However, I still think that this collection would be of no use to many people, because if all the ideas about the HOSTS file (MS telemety, Ads...) were summarized here, there would be hundreds if not a thousand of entries.
Then everyone would have to spend a long time deleting the entries he does not want to have.
This does not save any more time.

 

Last edited: Oct 20, 2021

Code:

google.com yahoo.com
google.com bing.com

 

If we can agree to make only the basic entries in the HOSTS file, we will at least have some overview. I would limit this to audio and video/2D programs and utilities that we all use frequently.
But even there you should limit yourself to the hosts that really call home or the activation servers.

You can bring in a bit of structure into the HOSTS. Example I put below in the spoiler.
I didn't put more than one host into one line because it's more readable.

The ads servers or the telemetry servers I would not include by default. Not only because the sheer lenght of the lists but they are often set by utilities like "Win 10privacy" (or even by R2R) and these utilities won't find their entries again when we fiddle with them.

Edited on: 2021-10-20

Spoiler: HOSTS example

Code:

#
#
#
###################################
#                                 #
#                                 #
#    LAN - WAN Redirections       ########################
#                                 #
#                                 #
###################################
#
#
#
#
#LOCAL
#192.168.1.60 NAS1
#1192.168.1.200 SRV1
#192.168.0.100 DAW1
#
# WAN
#duckduckgo.com google.com
#
#
#
###################################
#                                 #
#                                 #
#            AUDIO                ########################
#                                 #
#                                 #
###################################
#
#
#
# ABLETON
0.0.0.0 services.ableton.com
#
# Accusonus
0.0.0.0 wyday.com www.wyday.com
#
# Amazon AWS
0.0.0.0 server-143-204-170-18.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net
#
# AudioRealism
0.0.0.0 audiorealism.se
#
# Bitwig
0.0.0.0 www.bitwig.com
#
# Celemony
0.0.0.0 services.celemony.com
#
# Cycling74
0.0.0.0 auth64.cycling74.com
0.0.0.0 auth.cycling74.com
#
# d16
0.0.0.0 userarea.d16.pl
#
#Dotec Audio
0.0.0.0 dotec-audio.com
0.0.0.0 dotec-audio.sakura.ne.jp
#
# HOFA
0.0.0.0 hofa-shop.com abas.hofa.de
#
#izotope
#
# Melda Production
0.0.0.0 www.meldaproduction.com
#
# Nuedge
0.0.0.0 vox1b.nuedge.net
0.0.0.0 nuedge.net
0.0.0.0 173.231.151.131
#
# OVERLOUD
0.0.0.0 www.overloud.com
#
# Presonus
0.0.0.0 updates.presonus.com
0.0.0.0 registration.presonus.com
#
# R2R - ++++ not to be placed in one line! +++++
0.0.0.0 www.r2rdownload.com
0.0.0.0 www.elephantafiles.com
0.0.0.0 www.r2rdownload.net
#
# Raxco
0.0.0.0 raxco.com
0.0.0.0 www.raxco.com
0.0.0.0 update.raxco.com
0.0.0.0 update3.raxco.com
0.0.0.0 beta.raxco.com
0.0.0.0 links.raxco.com
0.0.0.0 docs.raxco.com
#
# Refx
0.0.0.0 web.refx.com
0.0.0.0 ec2-52-70-136-170.compute-1.amazonaws.com
0.0.0.0 ec2-54-70-136-156.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
0.0.0.0 ec2-52-42-114-201.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
#
# Roland
0.0.0.0 crs.rvslabs.io
0.0.0.0 ids.rvslabs.io
#
# sonible
0.0.0.0 license01.sonible.com
0.0.0.0 license02.sonible.com
#
# Soundradix
0.0.0.0 www.soundradix.com
#
# Tone2
0.0.0.0 tone2.com
0.0.0.0 tone2.net
0.0.0.0 tone2.co.uk
0.0.0.0 www.tone2.com
0.0.0.0 www.tone2.net
0.0.0.0 www.tone2.co.uk
#
# UHE
0.0.0.0 www.u-he.com
0.0.0.0 www.u-he.de
#
# Vengeance
0.0.0.0 support.vengeance-sound.com
0.0.0.0 vengeance-sound.com
#
# Waves
0.0.0.0 register.waves.com
#
#
#
###################################
#                                 #
#                                 #
#       2D - 3D - Video           ########################
#                                 #
#                                 #
###################################
#
#
#
# ADOBE
0.0.0.0 hl2rcv.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 adobeereg.com
0.0.0.0 activate.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 ereg.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 activate.wip3.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 wip3.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 3dns-3.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 3dns-2.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns-2.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns-3.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 ereg.wip3.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 activate-sea.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 activate-sjc0.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 3dns.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 3dns-1.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 3dns-2.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 3dns-3.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 3dns-4.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate-sea.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate.wip.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate.wip1.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate.wip2.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate.wip3.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 activate.wip4.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns-1.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns-4.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 adobe-dns-5.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 practivate.adobe
0.0.0.0 practivate.adobe.de
0.0.0.0 practivate.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 practivate.adobe.newoa
0.0.0.0 practivate.adobe.ntp
0.0.0.0 practivate.adobe.ipp
0.0.0.0 ereg.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 ereg.wip.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 ereg.wip1.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 ereg.wip2.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 ereg.wip4.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 wip.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 wip1.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 wip2.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 wip3.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 wip4.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 lm.licenses.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 na1r.services.adobe.com
0.0.0.0 hlrcv.stage.adobe.com
#
# Corel
0.0.0.0 mc.corel.com
0.0.0.0 apps.corel.com
0.0.0.0 origin-mc.corel.com
0.0.0.0 iws.corel.com
0.0.0.0 compute-1.amazonaws.com
0.0.0.0 ipm.corel.com
0.0.0.0 dev1.ipm.corel.public.corel.net
#
# LUMIOM
#
# PhotoZoom
0.0.0.0 www.check4updates.com
#
#Wondershare
0.0.0.0 api.wondershare.com
0.0.0.0 wondershare.cn.edgesuite.net
0.0.0.0 platform.wondershare.com
0.0.0.0 macplatform.wondershare.com
0.0.0.0 cbs.wondershare.com
0.0.0.0 us.wondershare.com
0.0.0.0 my.wondershare.com
0.0.0.0 download.wondershare.com
0.0.0.0 ori-myphone-download.wondershare.cc
0.0.0.0 resource.wondershare.com
#
#
#
###################################
#                                 #
#                                 #
#         Utilities               ########################
#                                 #
#                                 #
###################################
#
#
#
# BITSUM
#0.0.0.0 www.bitsumactivationserver.com
#
# Devolutions
0.0.0.0   crm.devolutions.net
#
# High-Logic
#0.0.0.0 www.high-logic.com
#
# IDM Ultraedit...
0.0.0.0 licensing.ultraedit.com
0.0.0.0 licensing2.ultraedit.com
#
# Net limiter
0.0.0.0 www.netlimiter.com
0.0.0.0 netlimiter.com
#
# Techsmith
0.0.0.0 www.techsmith.com
0.0.0.0 activation.cloud.techsmith.com
0.0.0.0 scount.techsmith.com
0.0.0.0 updater.techsmith.com
0.0.0.0 camtasiatudi.techsmith.com
0.0.0.0 tsccloud.cloudapp.net
0.0.0.0 assets.cloud.techsmith.com
0.0.0.0 157.56.8.159
0.0.0.0 69.167.144.18
#
#
#
###################################
#                                 #
#                                 #
#     Microsoft telemetry         ########################
#                                 #
#                                 #
###################################
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
###################################
#                                 #
#                                 #
#        ADS server               ########################
#                                 #
#                                 #
###################################
#
#
#

 

Last edited: Oct 22, 2021

After some research, I found informations to make the function of the HOSTS file clearer. And why we should take care of the possible conflicts between HOSTS <-> firewall <-> Ad blockers

To avoid unintentionally locking our computers partly or in whole, we should block certain Apps/services using only one measure at a time to avoid duplicates. In the following order (global --> specific needs) we should be aware of of what we really want to block:

1) HOSTS file: It completely blocks access to the hosts entered there for all programs and services by redirecting them on the DNS level. Only whole hosts can be blocked, but not specific ports.
You can edit the HOSTS file with any text editor (run as Admin) but never use any extension, like '.txt' otherwise HOSTS will stay as before and a new file 'HOSTS.txt' will be saved that isn't of any funtion.
Also dont forget to flush DNS cache after editing the HOSTS file! (in search bar type 'cmd'. Then in the appearing window type 'ipconfig /flushdns' & enter). If you don't flush the cache Windows could use a prior version of the HOSTS with unwanted effects.--->

2) Firewall: Either with the built-in firewall or 3rd firewall, network traffic can be targeted very specifically. Because it is a powerful tool, it is also complicated to use if we go into detail.
Mainly for Audio we can block Applications in the firewall --->

3) Adblockers: With Ad blockers we can block sites we don't want to se or we don't want to track us. They are specific to a browser and won't block the sites in another installed browser.

If you want to check and manage your HOSTS file here is a simple Manager App:
https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman

 

Last edited: Oct 20, 2021

Hi,

Can you pls share a copy of your hosts file ? I fucked up mine, all lines deleted I didn't back that up because the needs of constantly adding a new line (R2R relelases requires that a lot now). I just want to copy the addresses and picked up what needed, I remember the old one has like 200+ line as I installed everything released on s/s since the past 2 years (deleted what I don't like of course). You will give no personal info when you share the hosts file though, don't worry. I can't work or run DAW today until this is sorted so this is kinda urgent. All helps are appreciated in advance. Thanks

 

Happened to me just the other week when installed a legit, original retail Aurora DSP plugin, their installer will literally delete your host file in the background while installing!!

For what it’s worth I just block my whole DAW .exe using windows firewall.. maybe that will help you for now?
I hope someone will share a file for you tho, will be helpful for me as well I guess lol

 

yeah, I block everything using Simplewall, but some plugin sometimes get pass through it and manage to home-calling (not sure how) and deactivate themselves. Reinstalling would be pain in the ass because some plugin might leave something to blacklist your system after self-deactivate.

 

just a little starter...

Code:

#
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

127.0.0.1   tittenbude
::1   tittenbude

127.0.0.1   test
::1   test
127.0.0.1 www.r2rdownload.com
127.0.0.1 www.r2rdownload.net
127.0.0.1 www.elephantafiles.com
127.0.0.1 www.modernpaintings.net
0.0.0.0 ddmf.eu
0.0.0.0 virtualaudiostream.com

127.0.0.1 crs.rvslabs.io
127.0.0.1 ids.rvslabs.io

127.0.0.1 support.vengeance-sound.com
127.0.0.1 217.160.0.45
127.0.0.1 www.vengeance-sound.com
127.0.0.1 217.160.0.171
127.0.0.1 www.support.vengeance-sound.com

127.0.0.1 polyversemusic.com
0.0.0.0 www.meldaproduction.com

127.0.0.1 crs.rvslabs.io
127.0.0.1 ids.rvslabs.io
127.0.0.1 wyday.com

127.0.0.1 licenses.waproduction.com
0.0.0.0 www.pitchinnovations.com

127.0.0.1 www.ikstore.com
127.0.0.1 txc.ikmultimedia.com
127.0.0.1   www.sononym.net

 

Last edited by a moderator: Sep 8, 2022

Thanks.

_______________________________________________________________________________

Hoping for more share!

 

Last edited: Sep 8, 2022

the host file is to long for copy paste here
you can dl (one week limit):

https://we.tl/t-RboKAFyvzh

 

woah, that's a long list. I just copied it over to my hosts file and I hope I will block everything needed. How long have you been keeping this host file ?

 

is not made by me,
I think I got it from here:

https://audiosex.pro/threads/share-your-hosts-file-here.20960/

 

First a handy tool:
https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2346
Very handy, allowing you to quickly enable or disable particular sites (lines) as desired.
(Confirm by clicking the checkmark.)
You can also use it as a shortcut to open the hosts file in notepad,etc.
Very nice.

 

Last edited: Nov 12, 2022