hosts-instructions.md

Hosts Instructions

1. Go to the location of your hosts file this depends on your system:

• Linux: /etc/hosts folder.
• MacOS: /etc/hosts folder.
• Windows: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts folder.

Whichever OS you use, you will require escalated privileges to edit the file (either use sudo for Linux/MacOS or administrative account on Windows). Or you can use command below for linux

sudo -- sh -c 'curl -sS https://github.com/chartingshow/crypto-firewall/blob/master/src/blacklists/hosts.txt >> /etc/hosts'

Note: On Windows computers it's easier to copy the hosts file out of the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts folder and edit it somewhere else and then copy the updated saved file back into the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts folder.

2. Now simply copy and paste the contents from the file found here into your hosts file.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chartingshow/crypto-firewall/master/src/blacklists/hosts.txt

3. Save the hosts file and you're done.

4. Check on this github repo periodically for updates to the hosts file as you will need to manually update the hosts file yourself.