Sheila, all the entries found in your hosts file will direct your browser back to you if the entries are preceded by your own address which is 127.0.0.1. It can be a very effective ad and spam filter. Web servers rely on it everyday safely and securely.
A good example of such a Hosts file is here http://everythingisnt.com/Hosts and you can read more about the Hosts file here http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html To make changes to your Hosts file you must change the preferences in it's properties from read only. When saving the changed file remember to save it under the type of "all files". Peter Kaulback In the hour of 05:23 PM 5/27/2003 -0700, Sno spoke this: >I was given instructions to find a file in C:\Windows called "hosts".....no >extensions....just hosts. When it was found I was told to send it to >notepad and view the entire file. All that should be in there, according to >what I was told is: ># Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft Corp. ># ># end of file > >If there was a list urls I was told to delete them all as they were >maliciously put there to redirect and hijack > >I found quite a huge list of urls half of which had www names that appeared >to be porn sites...and a lot of others. I cannot, however, figure out how >to delete them. If I delete in Notepad I am then asked if I want to save >and I only have the choice to save as a txt file. That isn't what the hosts >file is...a text file. I noted that it is a Read only file. > >My question is, how do I open that file (hosts), delete all those nasty url >addresses :-) and save that file back in Windows. > >As background as to what brought this up, I contracted a tro*an vi*rus >through scripted stationery lists. I hadn't installed a certain security >patch (which is no installed) so the tr*jan that places 2 porn sites and 1 >fake msn search site in your favorites seeped in on me. I have sucessfully, >and easily, removed all traces, installed the protecting patch etc. but this >added thing was sent to me to also do and I'm stumped on how to accomplish >it. > >Thanks in advance !! >Running Win 98 SE, IE6 >Sheila ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
