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aq2

Aug 18 2006, 11:10 PM

Hi, while scanning tonight i saw that my Hosts file had change instead of the -ok- like it always have before.

i dont think its bad but just asking if i should be worried about it or not.

"windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts" change

quietman7

Aug 19 2006, 06:17 AM

Hello aq2

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Wundows\system32\drivers\etc\. Open your hosts file, what does it say?

An example HOSTS file is shown here.

aq2

Aug 19 2006, 09:58 AM

QUOTE

# Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

Also the other files in this folder "networks,"services""lmhosts" (which is a sam file) protocol.

quietman7

Aug 19 2006, 01:02 PM

Everything looks fine and those other files belong there.

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