HostsMan 3.0.0.25 beta 1 - http://hostsman.abelhadigital.com
Description:
HostsMan is a freeware application that lets you manage your Hosts file with ease.
Features:
- online update and auto-update of hosts file;
- enable/disable usage of hosts file;
- open Hosts file with one click;
- merge two hosts files;
- built-in hosts editor;
- scan hosts for errors, duplicates and possible hijacks;
- find how many host names;
- easily install newly downloaded hosts file;
- create encrypted backups of your hosts file;
- resolve host names;
- keep log of latest blocked sites;
- exclusion list;
- etc.
New on this version:
- added: Auto-Updates;
- added: editable update list;
- added: option to mark updates as not installed;
- added: support for proxy basic authentication;
- added: option to restore original Windows hosts file;
- added: ‘Additional Information’ window;
- added: IPv6 support (hosts file);
- added: comment lines support;
- added: fix hijack of hosts file (‘databasepath’ registry value);
- added: support for regular expressions to the Exclusion List;
- changed: 90% of the code rewritten;
- changed: memory manager replaced;
- changed: hosts lock removed;
- changed: interface updated;
- changed: exclusion list improved;
- changed: editor improved (rewritten from scratch);
- changed: ‘Block Adverts’ removed from update list;
- changed: HostsServer replaces built-in HTTP Server;
- fixed: some encrypted backups are not created correctly;
- fixed: several bugs;
- etc.
Note: The next beta versions will be again only for Beta Testers.