Editing a host file

Can somebody please explain how I would be able to add to a host file.
I want to add 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com

to WINSystem32driversetchosts
any help is greatly appreciated
Answer #1
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
^^is the file you want
it’s a text file, open with notepad
then just paste the above text at the end and save

127.0.0.1 localhost 

127.0.0.1 localhost  127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
Answer #2
Just as an aside, this hosts file is a VERY good way of stopping ads and popups and other crap.
Here’s a sample of mine: (also, make sure when you save it that it has NO extension. The file is hosts, not hosts.txt)
127.0.0.1 q4master.idsoftware.com#block q4server
127.0.0.1 serial.alcohol-soft.com
127.0.0.1 preymaster.humanhead.com
127.0.0.1 000freexxx.com
127.0.0.1 0190-dialer.com
127.0.0.1 08.185.87.0.liveadvert.com
127.0.0.1 08.185.87.00.liveadvert.com
127.0.0.1 ads108.bannerconnect.net
127.0.0.1 ads108.hpg.com.br
127.0.0.1 ads108.hpg.ig.com.br
127.0.0.1 ads108.liteweb.net
127.0.0.1 ta1.adknowledge.com
127.0.0.1 tag.witbe.net
127.0.0.1 tagesanz.wemfbox.ch
127.0.0.1 taggin.com
127.0.0.1 take5.real.com
127.0.0.1 talkcity.realtracker.com
127.0.0.1 tarantula.together.net
127.0.0.1 targetnet.com
127.0.0.1 targetshop.com
127.0.0.1 targetwords.com
127.0.0.1 tb.adpowerzone.com
127.0.0.1 tb.netzany.com
Not taken from contiguous blocks, but from spots down the file. My hosts file is about 530K, as still doesn’t slow things down.
For those unsure how it works:
127.0.0.1 tb.adpowerzone.com
The browser asks for tb.adpowerzone.com to serve an advert graphic – this is hijacked and pointed to 127.0.0.0 which is YOU. You don’t have the graphic, so no ad is displayed.
Answer #3
thanks for the help