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Re: Host-file to deal with phising site
by
LoyceV
on 23/08/2019, 10:21:58 UTC
⭐ Merited by hd49728 (1)
Allow me to quote myself, this is what started it:
I totally fell for the cloned site, until I realized I couldn't see your trust ratings.
I have added this line to /etc/hosts
Code:
127.0.0.1       bitcointalk.to
Now my computer can't access that phishing site anymore.

And this is my addition to this topic:
Someone who has time should maintain a list of these phishing sites, and we can encourage all new users to update their hosts file.
Someone already did that: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts (scroll down a bit to see many different categories hosts files). The one mentioned above isn't on it though, so I've added it by myself.



For historical purposes:
^ ^  Another post I wish I could simply +1 or "Like"

Please Theymos.....    Grin
Just 3 days later, theymos introduced the Merit system Cheesy