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Hosts Block Changelog

What's new in Hosts Block 2.1.5.0

Dec 12, 2016
  • Added - Line count in options, Under Hosts file tab you will see how many entries will be added into the hosts file
  • Added - Removed comments at update, Found in Options>General Tab.
  • Added - Msgbox warning if Hosts file is too large, Will alert at 100,000 lines

New in Hosts Block 1.6.6.0 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • Bug fix - Active Protection wasn't adding custom entries if hosts file was changed again. This is now fixed (Reported by users)
  • Bug fix - Exception was reported by a user where on some computers Hosts Block would error if the hosts file was still being used by the system.
  • Bug fix - Hosts file not display correctly in Notepad, Reported by users.
  • Bugfix- Custom Entries failed to load at program startup.
  • Added - Now able to maximize main Window
  • Added - Commands>Disable/Enable of DNS Client windows service.
  • Updated: GUI now has Icons in menu items and context menus
  • Updated - Help section.

New in Hosts Block 1.4.5.0 (Oct 10, 2015)

  • Tweaked program updating a little to help in certain cases where Hosts Block wouldn't restart after updating and Hosts Block would have to be closed and reopened to use updated version.

New in Hosts Block 1.4.4.0 (Oct 10, 2015)

  • Added - More to help section
  • Major Bug fixed - The option when restoring the hosts file that backed up was broken and wasn't working at all. It is now fixed.

New in Hosts Block 1.4.3.0 (Oct 10, 2015)

  • Added - Help section.

New in Hosts Block 1.4.2.0 (Oct 10, 2015)

  • Added - Email Alerts for program updates. Every time Hosts Block updates you will get an Email if you want stating the computer has been updated

New in Hosts Block 1.4.1.0 (Oct 10, 2015)

  • Added - The ability to use other tools to edit the windows hosts file. When added the new entries are added into Hosts Block Custom Entries. Note: To remove the new entries added by the other tool you will need to remove them from there.
  • Added - Email Alerts for Active protection. You will now able at to setup email alerts for both alerting and Silent modes. This is in the options menu.
  • Added - Search functions to both Custom Entries and Exclusions Lists.

New in Hosts Block 1.3.5.0 (Oct 10, 2015)

  • Minor change.
  • Added - new icon to system tray to show when disable or not.

New in Hosts Block 1.3.4.0 (Oct 10, 2015)

  • Added - Disable/Enable Hosts file (Right click system tray icon to use option.)

New in Hosts Block 1.3.3.0 (Sep 23, 2015)

  • Added - Active protection: Includes two mode Alerting and Silent. Silent is Default.
  • Added - Custom entries allow the user to add in custom entries without the worry of over write.
  • Other GUI enhancements

New in Hosts Block 1.2.7.0 (Sep 15, 2015)

  • Additional info: Added - Now able to add 5 custom sources (In options>HostsFile>Advanced)
  • Bug fix - Program updating at windows startup, Hosts Block would sometimes crash and not update.(e.g. links to the new version info or a list of new features)

New in Hosts Block 1.2.5.0 (Sep 15, 2015)

  • Added - Restore default windows hosts file. In "Backup" menu
  • Added - Open hosts file location in windows. In "Commands" menu
  • Added - System tray "Updates" menu for (Program updates and Hosts file updates)

New in Hosts Block 1.2.3.0 (Sep 7, 2015)

  • Added - Silent program updates (now Default)
  • Added - Disable Facebook button
  • Added - Disable Donate button

New in Hosts Block 1.22 (Sep 3, 2015)

  • Added - option to Automatically Flush DNS at update
  • Added - Update frequencies of 24 Hours, 8 Hours, 4 Hours
  • Added - Under "File" Support options for Forum (wilderssecurity.com) and Facebook to post a question.
  • Added - At update check of new hosts file Hosts Block will now check for program updates also and alert.
  • Bug Fix - When right clicking tray icon and select "open" sometimes main GUI wouldn't open.
  • Bug Fix - When double click the tray icon sometime the main GUI wouldn't open.

New in Hosts Block 1.15 (Aug 31, 2015)

  • Added - Exclusions
  • Added - New options "Hide tray icon" and "Close button minimizes to system tray"
  • Added - Commands menu "includes Flush DNS"

New in Hosts Block 1.10 (Aug 28, 2015)

  • Added - Host file Encrypting the backup
  • Added - Host file Decrypting for host file restore
  • Added - Program Updater
  • Added - Limited account support

New in Hosts Block 1.0 (Aug 25, 2015)

  • Startup with Windows is now Default.
  • MVPS host file is the default.