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That log looks good now, so if you are not experiencing any problems, you can mark this as solved 
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there is always something more, to do,
not always practical, but always something
a thumb drive with a bunch of portable apps on it, for recovery and antivirus, can clean the pc when I do something really stupid (1-3/month) the infection in the host pc cant block the scanner or its update, the pc does not know of the software on the flash drive
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super anti-spyware
1-2-3 Spy Free
all have thumb drive versions
ant-spyware programs are good to have in multiples, as the update delay and detection ability varies, each can find things the others might miss
not always practical, but always something
a thumb drive with a bunch of portable apps on it, for recovery and antivirus, can clean the pc when I do something really stupid (1-3/month) the infection in the host pc cant block the scanner or its update, the pc does not know of the software on the flash drive
Avast
MWAB
CClean -not as a registry cleaner, snake oil
super anti-spyware
1-2-3 Spy Free
all have thumb drive versions
ant-spyware programs are good to have in multiples, as the update delay and detection ability varies, each can find things the others might miss
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StevenJ. Are you still having problems??
StevenJ. Are you still having problems??
Last edited by crunchie; Jan 11th, 2009 at 11:12 pm.
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1) Do Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right click "Notepad" and choose "Run as administrator"
3) Click "Continue" on the UAC prompt
5) Go file -> Open and browse to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc"
6) Change the file filter drop down box from "Text Documents (*.txt)" to "All Files (*.*)"
7) Select "HOSTS" and click open
It should contain only
Spybot and spywareblaster like to modify it to block bad sites but whats above is the default. Lots of malwares modify this file in the same way so when you try to go to a certain domain it will redirect you to another site or back to localhost, which will give you an error.
2) Right click "Notepad" and choose "Run as administrator"
3) Click "Continue" on the UAC prompt
5) Go file -> Open and browse to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc"
6) Change the file filter drop down box from "Text Documents (*.txt)" to "All Files (*.*)"
7) Select "HOSTS" and click open
It should contain only
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost
Spybot and spywareblaster like to modify it to block bad sites but whats above is the default. Lots of malwares modify this file in the same way so when you try to go to a certain domain it will redirect you to another site or back to localhost, which will give you an error.
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Originally Posted by StevenJ 
Where is the HOSTS file?
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
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Originally Posted by StevenJ
My AVG is now updating, and I can access anti virus websites
Last edited by crunchie; Jan 11th, 2009 at 11:47 pm.
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Sorry about that, was finishing some work.
host file is:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
host file is:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
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