Host File Too Large Message

[Dick]

When I run Webroot Spy Sweeper, I get a message that my host file is
too large. How large is too large, and what can I do about it? Or do
I even need to worry about it?
XP Pro SP2

 

[PA Bear]

See http://support.webroot.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=776

Which to me is a bunch of hooey. (Who cares about Spysweeper's Host File
Shield? If you know your hosts file is OK, turn it off.)

For a workaround, see:

Editors Note: in most cases a large HOSTS file (over 135 kb) tends to slow
down the machine...
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

 

[Vanguard]

When I run Webroot Spy Sweeper, I get a message that my host file is
too large. How large is too large, and what can I do about it? Or do
I even need to worry about it?
XP Pro SP2

That is a limit of SpySweeper, not of the hosts file.