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O.P. www.msgplus.net marked as parasite in HOSTS file
As some of you may have read in a post or 2, I have had issues accessing many parts of the Msgplus.net website. However, i had no problem accessing the site from my mothers computer, which runs the same software as me and is on the same ISP (and same network). I decided to check my HOSTS file to see if it was blocked in there for some reason. Upon opening up the file and doing a search, i found many entries, shown below. the *s edit out what i assume is patchou's real name.

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# [***** ********][Messenger Plus!]
127.0.0.1  download.msgplus.net
127.0.0.1  files.msgplus.net
127.0.0.1  plugins.msgplus.net
127.0.0.1  www.msgplus.net
127.0.0.1  www.msgpluszone.com
127.0.0.1  www.patchou.com
127.0.0.1  www.lyricsdomain.com #[affiliate]
127.0.0.1  www.negativebeats.com #[Downloader.Small][affiliate]

I scrolled up to the begining of the section that contained that part (I have used many things to build my HOSTS file, each with its own section), and found that it was inserted by this group of entries. I even opened up the file that is provided from that site and searched through it, and found the exact entries.

The entries might be in there to protect people from downloading the sponsor package, which many places label as Malware. or perhapse theres a personal vendetta against Patchou (unlikely).

I think Patchou or someone should probably contact the maintainer of this list, and ask why those sites are included in there, as well as request their removal.
09-20-2004 03:56 AM
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RE: www.msgplus.net marked as parasite in HOSTS file
That's one of the stupidiest things I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure it's a been made by some frustrated people who didn't see the sponsor agreement and then tried to remove everythign manually.

As for the "affiliates"... never heard of them :p

This post was edited on 09-20-2004 at 06:18 AM by Patchou.
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09-20-2004 06:12 AM
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RE: www.msgplus.net marked as parasite in HOSTS file
I just have to agree... it's a bunch of BS... people should learn to read before clicking next...
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RE: www.msgplus.net marked as parasite in HOSTS file
The hosts file is listed here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

wasen't that he same site on which a Microsoft MVP published a big article against Messenger Plus! ?
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wasen't that he same site on which a Microsoft MVP published a big article against Messenger Plus! ?

yep i just read that article and its not totally bias. unlike most things against the sponsor program that article does show some positive things.
10-25-2004 09:16 PM
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Can I get a link to the article please?
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Originally posted by MenthiX

wasen't that he same site on which a Microsoft MVP published a big article against Messenger Plus! ?

yep i just read that article and its not totally bias. unlike most things against the sponsor program that article does show some positive things.
No...

both things are written by two different people


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Can I get a link to the article please?
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