To block Vectorworks from sending info to piracy.nemetschek.net you have to do the following
* Launch terminal, which can be found in Applications/Utilities.
* Check the current hosts file by typing:
Link(s):
cat /etc/hosts
* Which should print out the following:
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
* Backup the current hosts file to a file named hosts.original by typing:
Link(s):
sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.original
* Enter your administrator password when prompted.
* Copy the current hosts file to the Desktop by typing:
Link(s):
cp /etc/hosts ~/Desktop/hosts.txt
* Double click the hosts.txt file that appears on the desktop to open it in TextEdit
* Add the following Internet address assignments to the end of the file:
Link(s):
0.0.0.0 piracy.nemetschek.net
* Select File->Save
* Copy the edited file back into the /etc directory by typing the following:
Link(s):
sudo cp ~/Desktop/hosts.txt /etc/hosts
(Note: There is no ".txt" extension on /etc/hosts)
* Verify that the changes were made properly by again typing:
Link(s):
cat /etc/hosts
* Which should print out the following which now includes the nemetschek info:
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
0.0.0.0 piracy.nemetschek.net
* Restart lookupd by typing the following (or by just restarting the Mac if easier):
Link(s):
sudo killall -HUP lookupd
* Now to test the fix, launch Safari and enter the following in the address bar:
Link(s):
piracy.nemetschek.net
* You should receive the following error if the site is successfully blocked:
Safari can’t open the page “
Link(s): http://piracy.nemetschek.net/”
because it could not connect to the server “piracy.nemetschek.net”.