How to block some programs applications from accessing the internet using hosts file or firewall
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009To block Adobe Fireworks CS4 from accessing the internet for example,
Right click on Notepad and Run as Administrator (very important!)
Open hosts file with notepad from the folder: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
enter the following:
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
Save and exit. now all those annoying popups should be tricked into redirecting internet traffic back to your computer and not get on the internet.
Cheers