Hosts tab in Online Armor free.....

[bgfalconboy]

I've just downloaded the latest version of OA. I like it so far. Was wondering about the HOSTS tab and why all these sites are listed green or allowed? Do I have to manually set these to blocked?

[beethoven]

HOSTS File Protection

When you go to www.tallemu.com, your computer must first look up the actual (numerical) address, called an IP address, to locate the server that the website resides on. Your system does this by asking your internet service provider’s DNS server, but first it checks the HOSTS file on your computer for any addresses that have been stored there.

Some ad-blocking and security related software add entries to the HOSTS file to prevent your computer from connecting to potentially dangerous or advertising related websites by simply connecting back to your own computer when a connection is attempted to one of the listed websites. Unfortunately it is also common for malware to add entries to the HOSTS file to prevent your computer from connecting to websites that may help you detect and clean the malware.

Online Armor will monitor the HOSTS file for any changes, and pop-up when any changes are attempted.

In other words OA keeps your hosts file unchanged. The entries showing up in your hostsfile are the sites that are being blocked. Allowed in this context only means that having a URL for badsite.com being directed to your host file 127.0.0.1.