On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Chris  wrote:

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> Most of the entries of my /etc/hosts file actually come from

> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm - it basically blackholes

> unwanted sites. Is there any way I can get around the upgrade issue

> without having to remove entries from my /etc/hosts file? Thanks.

adblock in the browser is far more flexible, faster, and just plain

works better.  If you really feel that giant lists of banned addresses

are the way to go, run a nameserver and do it there.