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Don Lope de Aguirre

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Dec 11, 2009, 9:35:02 AM12/11/09
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Grrr! Does it never end? Updated Avira on my XP box yesterday and now it
thinks my Host file has an infection but it is just an entry added by Spybot
to block a malware site with the Trojan drive by download and not actually
opening up my PC to it.

siljaline

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Dec 11, 2009, 3:03:21 PM12/11/09
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Have you http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Merging merged two HOSTS Files ?
If yes, which ones ? That would likely be the cause of the valid flag.

Silj

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Meat Eaters are Sinners - Repent!

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Dec 12, 2009, 4:01:02 PM12/12/09
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siljaline wrote:

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> Have you http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Merging merged two HOSTS Files ?
> If yes, which ones ? That would likely be the cause of the valid flag.
>
> Silj
>

That was it, now using just MVPS, thanks.

siljaline

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Dec 12, 2009, 9:05:04 PM12/12/09
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Meat Eaters are Sinners - Repent! wrote:
> siljaline wrote:
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>> Have you http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Merging merged two HOSTS Files ?
>> If yes, which ones ? That would likely be the cause of the valid flag.

> That was it, now using just MVPS, thanks.

OK, you'd be best served "looking under the hood" @ [example Win XP] =
"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC" clean out anything that looks like a HOSTS File.
Install a fresh copy: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

Create a HOSTS Editor if you don't have a third party app doing that for you already.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Editor

Test it to see if it's working:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Testing

Don Lope de Aguirre

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Dec 14, 2009, 12:11:39 AM12/14/09
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"siljaline" <sp...@uce.gov> wrote in message
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OK, you'd be best served "looking under the hood" @ [example Win XP] =
"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC" clean out anything that looks like a
HOSTS File.
Install a fresh copy: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip


I did install a fresh copy of the MVPS Hosts file, thanks.

siljaline

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Dec 14, 2009, 10:13:33 PM12/14/09
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Don Lope de Aguirre wrote:
> I did install a fresh copy of the MVPS Hosts file, thanks.

Good to know, assuming you are good to go.

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