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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by tonyedgecombe on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:25PM (#18471274)
hosts-file blocking of microsoft servers

I don't think that works, I'm pretty sure the networking stack bypasses the hosts file for Microsoft sites because it's a potential vulnerability.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by eutropia on Friday November 16, 2018 @04:14PM (#18472020)
So that's why I had so many extra things to firewall in glasswire!
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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by joombaga on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:58PM (#18471514)
Why do you believe that?
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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by autoexec on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:49PM (#18471843)
He's right. it started back with XP https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431032/30/0/threaded
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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by ams6110 on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:36PM (#18471755)
Malware could overwrite the hosts file
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