HostsMan 4.5.102

HostsMan is a small application for managing and editing hosts files. A host files is a text file used by the operating system to map hostnames and websites to IP addresses. In basic terms it is like an address book of your connections and websites and it is used mainly to redirect websites or more importantly, block access to websites. Although you can navigate the Windows Explorer, locate hosts and edit as appropriate, it is quite complex and should be left for advanced users. Alternatively one can use HostMan to carry out all hosts related tasks such as editing contents, merging two hosts, update, scan for errors and duplicates and more importantly enable/disable hosts file in a flexible manner.

Features

- Manage your hosts file with ease.
- Edit hosts contents from the program.
- Enable or disable usage of hosts file.
- Merge multiple hosts files.
- Built in hosts file updater.
- Scan hosts for errors and duplicates.
- Backup hosts files easily with encryption.
- Keep log of latest blocked sites.

Shortcomings

- Closed source code.

System Requirements

- 800 MHz central processing unit.
- 64 Mb RAM memory or more.
- 9 Mb free hard disk space.
- 32 Bit or 64 Bit hardware architecture (x86 or x64).
- Operating system Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10