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Old 20th November 2019, 00:18   #4  |  Link
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Originally Posted by filler56789 View Post
AFAIR, at least on Windows it's safe to replace "127.0.0.1" with "0.0.0.0" in the hosts file.
Yes, mvps (host file blocking) does this, starting with Windows 8.1.

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
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Important Note: The HOSTS file now contains a change in the prefix in the HOSTS entries to "0.0.0.0" instead of the usual "127.0.0.1".
This was done to resolve a slowdown issue that occurs with the change Microsoft made in the "TCP loopback interface" in Win8.1.
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