Does W95 have a hosts.dat?
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I heard it is a spyware exploit to alter it, so one should back it up
and/or use a prog. that encrypts it, or make it read only.
However, I don't see a hosts.dat, only a hosts.sam.
There's 2 of them, on in the Windows dir and one in the MSDUN dir.
They're not the same size or anywhere near the same date (one's 95,
other's 98).
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see.my.s...@nowhere.com.invalid wrote :
>Does W95 have a hosts.dat file that caches IP info?
>I heard it is a spyware exploit to alter it, so one should back it up
>and/or use a prog. that encrypts it, or make it read only.
>However, I don't see a hosts.dat, only a hosts.sam.
>There's 2 of them, on in the Windows dir and one in the MSDUN dir.
>They're not the same size or anywhere near the same date (one's 95,
>other's 98).
I wouldn't worry about this too much.Just use some good anti-malware
software as per,
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/secure.html
A² is a great program.Let me know if none work on Win95.
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> Does W95 have a hosts.dat file that caches IP info?
> I heard it is a spyware exploit to alter it, so one should back it up
> and/or use a prog. that encrypts it, or make it read only.
> However, I don't see a hosts.dat, only a hosts.sam.
> There's 2 of them, on in the Windows dir and one in the MSDUN dir.
> They're not the same size or anywhere near the same date (one's 95,
> other's 98).
>
Hosts.dat is a text file that you can create to control browsing from your
computer. The .sam is a sample file that shows you what it would look like
(open it with a text editor such as notepad).
One virus sends the contents of hosts.dat home:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/shoho.shtml
here_and_there
The working version of the file (in W98 et al) is just called "hosts"
with no file type appended. The sam version is a sample
Elmo
> Does W95 have a hosts.dat file that caches IP info?
> I heard it is a spyware exploit to alter it, so one should back it up
> and/or use a prog. that encrypts it, or make it read only.
> However, I don't see a hosts.dat, only a hosts.sam.
> There's 2 of them, on in the Windows dir and one in the MSDUN dir.
> They're not the same size or anywhere near the same date (one's 95,
> other's 98).
I don't remember, but the filename is usually Hosts (with no extension).
Another file, Hosts.sam explains its use.
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