Nov 10, 2009 Windows Firewall On Windows 7 Is Little Snitch For The PC Mac users have a little program they can use to prevent their computers from sending outbound messages to other computers. The program, affectionately called Little Snitch, can be purchased for a small fee. Apr 14, 2010 HowTo: Block Adobe Activation using the Hosts file (Updated Jan 2014) Adobe applications includes an activation mechanism since version 8.0 (CS) and later. You can prevent the application from calling-home by manipulating the system's Hosts file.
Adobe Block Host Little Snitch Game
- How to block Little Snitch from calling home and killing numbers:
- 1. The first step is to block Little Snitch with Little Snitch. Create two new rules in Little Snitch as below:
- a) Deny connections to Server Hostname http://www.obdev.at in LS Configuration. The address that will appear if you do it correctly is 80.237.144.65. Save.
- and the next is:
- b) Deny connections in LS Config to the application Little Snitch UIAgent (navigate to /Library/Little Snitch/Little Snitch UIAgent.app, any server, any port.
- 2. After that is done, open the Terminal (in your Utilities) and paste in:
- sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
- (Hit return and type in your admin password). A TextEdit window will open behind the Terminal window. Command+Tab to it - this is your hosts file.
- 3. Place your cursor at the end of the text there, type or leave one vertical space and paste in the following:
- # Block Little Snitch
- 4. Close TextEdit, hit Command+Tab to return to the Terminal window, and paste in the following:
- sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
- 5. Hit the Return key and quit Terminal. You're finished now.
- 6. Easy, isn't it. If only everyone would do this, the developer would cease and desist from killing the number that you personally are using successfully on your Mac. At least until the next version is released…