hosts-file.net is dead - Githubissues

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Description

hpHosts’ Ad and tracking server (hosts-file.net) is dead. The domain responds with a 301 error (moved permanently), redirecting to Malwarebytes, and no longer furnishes a list of disreputable host names. As such, it can no longer be used as a blacklist asset.

Apparently first noticed about a week ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/fsg11e/hostsfilenet/

A specific URL where the issue occurs

https://hosts-file.net

Supporting evidence

bash$ curl https://hosts-file.net
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>301 Moved Permanently</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Moved Permanently</h1>
<p>The document has moved <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/browserguard">here</a>.</p>
</body></html>

uBlockOrigin / uMatrix-issues

hosts-file.net is dead #245

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Description

A specific URL where the issue occurs

Supporting evidence