Unicode? I can't believe unicode derailed my L33T hacking, doh... Well that's it, thanks, and even in Win 10 TP, now take that telemetry!
I agree with cody as I really don't wanna hack the dnsapi lol I'll look more into this as I upgraded my reversing software a little bit.
I'll make the one for Windows 10 however we are just editing out the sites related to microsoft and not the windows update ones. The Windows update ones are vital to the OS functioning properly. Do we want to implement this on the script by having a pre-modified one that is not editing by the script? We will need to stop the wmi service along with the network service then start those back up.
Are you kidding me, if we don't trust Microsoft with our telemetry data, why would we trust them to 'update' our software all willy nilly each month. This is for the paranoid among us, those of us who remove windows updates capabilities from our wim's. Does this actually need to be part of the telemetry thing ? I thought we agreed that once telemetry is disabled it becomes a moot point since no telemetry connections will be attempted, therefore no need to mess with DNSAPI.dll (from a telemetry stand-point). EDIT: But that could be an optional item for the app to do.
That's why we have two options in the script so that we can have a full disable option and a lite disable option. Now that I have a bit of time we can take the time to update it a little
If you truly wanted to be a dick since the host file is processed before the hard coded lines you could redirect the microsoft.com dns to another one in the host file. Then the hard coded IPs would go to the address you pointed out in the host file. You could type it in the following manner: microsoft.com google.com
Yes, but that requires a second machine / device on the network under your control. This would allow you to plug your laptop into any unsecure network (in theory) and allow hosts to blacklist.