hostsblock: hostsblock (an ad- and malware-blocking cron script for Linux) hostsblock: hostsblock: Hostsblock is a bash script for Linux designed to take advantage of hostsblock: the HOSTS file to provide system-wide blocking of internet hostsblock: advertisements, malicious domains, trackers and other undesirable hostsblock: content. To do so, it downloads a configurable set of blocklists and hostsblock: processes and their entries into a singular HOSTS file. hostsblock: hostsblock: hostsblock: hostsblock: