I too have heard about this, perhaps experienced. Can't be certain that was actually the cause... but I do recall reading a lot of people say the same thing.
Sam From: andy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: R: Windows 7 question when I was using a hosts file, it was 273k, and my computer started running real slow when connected to the internet. It seemed that the computer was loading the hosts file into memory. So it was a long startup, and when you went to a web site, it had to look through the hosts to make sure it was not blocked, another slowdown. So in effect, I removed the hosts file to make my computer run faster. Are any of you guys seeing this problem? We also seen slow internet when using only the spybot hosts. Which is probably only 10k or so in size. At 11:42 AM 10/22/2010, Bill Humphries wrote: I like this hosts file: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Bill HELP_PC wrote: Running immunization does it GuidoElia HELPPC -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Inviato: venerdì 22 ottobre 2010 17.08 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Windows 7 question But were you able to write the hosts file to the machine from within Spybot? Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA [email protected] www.eaglemds.com <http://www.eaglemds.com/> -----Original Message----- From: HELP_PC [mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R: Windows 7 question Just now I updated Spybot on W7 (Run as Admin) with no issues GuidoElia HELPPC -----Messaggio originale----- Da: John Aldrich [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Inviato: venerdì 22 ottobre 2010 15.43 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Windows 7 question Hmm... even though I started SpyBot as an Admin? I never got prompted for permissions to modify a system file like I would have expected. I'll try temporarily disabling UAC when I get home and see if SpyBot will update the hosts file. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Rector [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 question UAC Sean Rector, MCSE -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 question Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent SpyBot from writing to the Hosts file? I cleaned my brother-in-law's laptop and tried to add the SpyBot Hosts file, but was unable to do so from within SpyBot. Eventually I just put the Hosts file from my wife's XP box on a flash drive and copied it over, but I am trying to get ready for Windows 7 here in the office and thought I'd ask. I *did*, at least, know enough to try running SpyBot as an admin, but that still didn't allow me to add the Hosts file. :( I'm suspicious, especially after reading a thread on the SpyBot S&D forums, that there may still be a trace of what was infecting his computer lingering around. I've already run VipreRescue and MalwareBytes, but wanted to add the SpyBot Hosts file as an added precaution. Thanks.... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin --------Andy-Ofalt---863-3449------405-Ag-Admin-Bldg------for more information go to http://ict.cas.psu.edu/Contacts.html <http://ict.cas.psu.edu/Contacts.html%A0> ---------- My little blurb to eat up bandwidth and make your mail box even larger +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The real problem is that IP, a connectionless protocol, was never developed to be the universal protocol. ATM was developed to serve that purpose and failed. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
