Hosts File

[John McPhillips]

Hi,

I am running an application that writes to the hosts file
(C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc). The problem is that the
hosts file seems to be locked in read only mode (perhaps
by another application, i'm not sure). If i change the
file attributes, they change back to read only straight
away. I've ran the application on other machines without
problems.

Any ideas?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi John,

Most spyware cleaners do this as a safety measure to lock HOSTS file. For example, Spybot S&D has an option to lock the HOSTS file ["Immunize" tab]. Spot the application which is causing this and disable the appropriate option.

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Hi,

I am running an application that writes to the hosts file
(C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc). The problem is that the
hosts file seems to be locked in read only mode (perhaps
by another application, i'm not sure). If i change the
file attributes, they change back to read only straight
away. I've ran the application on other machines without
problems.

Any ideas?

 

[John]

Hi Ramesh,

I have no spyware cleaners running on the machine at all.
Could it be anything else?

-----Original Message-----
Hi John,

Most spyware cleaners do this as a safety measure to lock

HOSTS file. For example, Spybot S&D has an option to lock
the HOSTS file ["Immunize" tab]. Spot the application
which is causing this and disable the appropriate option.message news:[email protected]...

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

John,

Inspect Windows startup and see if a spyware cleaner is present, in case. Or, there might be a batchfile running at startup.
How to manage Windows Startup?
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Startup.htm

Also see what other applications are running [use Task Manager]

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
----------------------------------------
Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm
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Hi Ramesh,

I have no spyware cleaners running on the machine at all.
Could it be anything else?

-----Original Message-----
Hi John,

Most spyware cleaners do this as a safety measure to lock

HOSTS file. For example, Spybot S&D has an option to lock
the HOSTS file ["Immunize" tab]. Spot the application
which is causing this and disable the appropriate option.message news:[email protected]...