Calling home

It is tiresome that a few apps I have call their base website
and ask questions like "do you want to update ?" or
"there is a new version ... "
Usually I chop them out by editing the Host file.
Do you have a better way ?
IE 6
regards

 

Surely the apps have an option to disable any "auto-updates ", etc.

 

Hello merlin,

A firewall will do the job if your running one. One of two ways - either by denying "server" rights or by blocking them from calling out. Both ZA & Sygate can do this as I'm sure most others can as well.


Or look at the options in the software itself, lots of programs have a way to turn this behavoir off.

Regards - Charles

 

Thanks for your helpful comments.
I will look into the firewall possibilities.
regards