Hosts

[Rick Nash]

Hello, MSAS refuses to complete a scan (hangs) when
Bluetacks "hosts" file is installed. see
www.bluetack.co.uk for a copy. It seems that many forums,
talk about problems with "large hosts file."

 

[Engel]

Hello Rick

You can open your hosts file with Notepad.

C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts.file

Delete everything EXCEPT 127.0.0.1 Localhost

Choose "save as" and owerwrite hosts.file

MSAS then protect your hosts file.

Engel

 

[ASAP Vigilante]

-----Original Message-----
Hello Rick

You can open your hosts file with Notepad.

C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts.file

Delete everything EXCEPT 127.0.0.1 Localhost

Choose "save as" and owerwrite hosts.file

MSAS then protect your hosts file.

Engel

That would sort of defeat the whole idea of using an
ad/spy/malware site blocking hosts file would it not? How
stupid!

 

[FNP]

I've about 600.000 hosts = 18 mb entries in HOSTS!
No problem! Why? I don't use MAS....

 

[Ron Chamberlin]

Not stupid in my book.

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP

That would sort of defeat the whole idea of using an
ad/spy/malware site blocking hosts file would it not? How
stupid!