Doing some fresh installs and wondering if someone could kindly share a list of Spectrasonics addresses to block in Win 11 hosts file?

Ta

 

Hi - this is my set-up:

127.0.0.1 auth.spectrasonics.net
127.0.0.1 www.spectrasonics.net
127.0.0.1 updates.spectrasonics.net
127.0.0.1 spectrasonics.net

 

It's neither necessary nor advisable to list Spectrasonics in your host file and block it. Please always read the enclosed NFO!

 

Strange, when the NFO instructions do advise offline installation. If it never tries to connect, then whats the harm anyway? Also, I am always seeing host file lists being posted here and other sites. My music PC has always been offline but now using another one that is online so I want to be sure im covered before I jump in because uninstalling and reinstalling these, especially those requiring multiple installs to get updates, can be a mega pita.

 

Strictly follow the INFO! If you have questions about a specific product, please always provide the full name and version, as well as the team, so we can better assist you.

 

Unless you have to let something download files, like some do such as Nexus5, Waves, etc; why would blocking a site you do not want it trying to connect to cause a problem? Some installers phone home as soon as you run and begin installing them. Depending on the firewall, some cannot, or do not easily; let you block installers with them because they are not installed applications yet.

I'd host file block everything possible, and still create a firewall rule for them. If something must be allowed to online check, that should be in the instructions and also pretty obvious when needed anyway. This is all considered so basic and assumed that it is not even mentioned in the instructions.

 

uhhu, R2R instructions clearly say "Make computer offline."

and go on to say -
"Spectrasonics license can have flags (up to 16 flags), these flags are used to check additional activation info. Spectrasonics checks the flags to trigger the timebomb."

 

Simply unplug the modem! After you have installed and registered it, you can put the PC back online!

Spoiler: NFO - Team R2R

Spectrasonics Patched+KeyGen Releases 2021
Uninstall & Clean Up
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Uninstall previous version(s).
Official installer does not have uninstaller.
You need to remove them by hand.
* VST dir
* VST3 dir
* AAX dir
* %PROGRAMDATA%\Spectrasonics\*.exe
* %PROGRAMDATA%\Spectrasonics\plug-ins\*.dll, *.vst3
If you want to remove previous license,
remove : %PROGRAMDATA%\Spectrasonics\AUDIO*.DAT
Install
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Just install, enjoy!
Our installer has following advantage.
* Allows you to select plugins format you need
* Proper VST2 dir detection
* Has uninstaller

Authorization
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Make computer offline.
We recommend you to authorize with standalone version.
Run the software. Authorization starts.
Click "REQUEST AUTHORIZATION". Your browser opens.
Check URL of the opened browser. It's something like this :
https://www.spectrasonics.net/authorization
?prod=Stylus%20RMX
&vers=1.10.0f
&ch=SmMY%256QnT%3dXyx38KlPUBqkTBx%3fB8
Run our keygen.
Select a product you want to activate.
Copy ChallengeCode from URL (the value of "ch") to the keygen.
(In the case above, "SmMY%256QnT%3dXyx38KlPUBqkTBx%3fB8" is a ChallangeCode.)
Click "Generate" in the keygen. License will be generated.
Copy the license from keygen.
Click "PASTE" in the software.
Click "CONTINUE" in the software.
Done, restart the application.
Enjoy!

If software still asks you to authorize,
* Your PC has previous intallation and not cleaned well
* You selected wrong product in our keygen.
Advanced License Information (if you want to read!)
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Spectrasonics license can have flags (up to 16 flags),
these flags are used to check additional activation info.
You can check what additional product license is included in our keygen.
Just select a product and click "About".
More Story :
In our former works (and other groups too!),
we set full 16 capable flgas to activate,
But now, Spectrasonics checks the flags to trigger the timebomb.
We need to care that.
When they release new product, you need to wait the keygen update.
TEAM R2R 2021

 

Yeah did all that and installed offline using a net disable utility, also had 8 addresses blocked in host file, everything working correctly as afaict. I guess I'll leave it as is.