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      07-01-2007
In Vista, is there a way to use host files to block websites based on
partial matches? Eg, the websites I would like to block contain as part of
their url login


 
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      07-01-2007
Yes Wild Cards work in Hosts file.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm


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> In Vista, is there a way to use host files to block websites based on
> partial matches? Eg, the websites I would like to block contain as part
> of their url login
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