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 Jul 13 2004, 06:35 PM
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Jul 13 2004, 08:02 PM
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Cool
-------------------- If I have helped you, please consider a donation in memory of my cousin Matthew, lost to leukemia August 29, 2008 at the age of 25. Matt's sister, Marla, and his wife, Erin (who he had newly wed), are raising money to fight such blood diseases.
Marla's Site Erin's Site |
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Jul 13 2004, 09:41 PM
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Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 2,029 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
And here's the link
http://66.205.111.174/HOSTFix.zip <---zipped http://66.205.111.174/HOSTFix.exe <---Not zipped Unzip it anywhere and run it...thats it. -------------------- |
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Jul 13 2004, 11:39 PM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,873 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
I love it...let me know if you want me to host it or you can leave it there. Up to you and I do not mind hosting it.
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Jul 14 2004, 01:09 AM
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Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 2,029 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
Yes feel free,helps out my bandwidth
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Jul 14 2004, 11:17 AM
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Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,873 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
Hey what about my bandiwdth!
Hehe... new links are: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/downloads/...ity/HOSTFix.exe http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/downloads/...ity/HOSTFix.zip -------------------- Lawrence
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Jul 14 2004, 12:29 PM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 11-April 04 From: Here OR there Member No.: 115 |
Ummm under what circumstances might this be needed? Only have a vague notion about Hosts files.
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Jul 14 2004, 01:07 PM
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Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 2,029 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
QUOTE Its an XP Home computer with broadband internet, the problem is that it won't show yahoo.com. It seems to go through the motions of loading the page but then just displays a blank screen, no error message, nothing at all. However it doesn't have this problem with any other website, just yahoo.com, any ideas? QUOTE Grinler, your help is priceless but I still can't access search engines. Now, instead of the blue screen, I get a "server cannot be found" message. I can get to all other sites I've tried. Help! When spyware rewrites your HOSTS file getting to common websites such as Yahoo and Google becomes impossible (unless you know the IP address).This is simply a tool to reset HOSTS back to Windows original.If this line is in HOSTS: 66.250.74.150 google.com When you type google.com in your browser you will be taken to coolwebsearch.com (which is NOT cool  ) Hope that helps a little.
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Jul 20 2004, 08:41 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 313 Joined: 28-June 04 Member No.: 1,047 |
Thanks Raw .....thats a neat little proggie to have around (hope I never need it tho). I'm going to put a "First aid" folder on my desk top and include help tools. This will be great for that. Your quite talented. THX again 
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Jan 26 2005, 08:46 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 24-January 05 Member No.: 10,425 |
Tried this link and it seems to be down.Has it been removed?Can I get it somewhere else?
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Feb 1 2005, 02:22 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 313 Joined: 28-June 04 Member No.: 1,047 |
Click the link in Raws post, way at the bottom, under the two little gifs.
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Mar 4 2005, 05:42 PM
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Downloaded this. Sounds like a great "Band Aide" to quote another. However, I run it and get na error that says file path not found. Anyone know why?
Concern: I have network connections listed in my host file that are needed as references for other programs. Is this program going to wipe those out? Even if I can't use it, it's a briliant idea. Thx, Dave
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Mar 5 2005, 10:06 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 22-November 04 Member No.: 5,614 |
What OS are you using?
Because i have the same prob with Win 2K, I think its cause the system root is named different in 2K its Winnt, and in XP its Windows. |
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Mar 10 2005, 09:53 PM
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Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 2,029 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
Unfortunately it was written on Windows XP for XP.Since i'm a Linux user XP
was all i had access to at the time i coded that program. And yes it will wipe out any existing hosts you already have in there. I wrote it to be "quick and dirty" to regain a hijacked HOSTS file when sites like Yahoo and Google will not resolve properly. Maybe in the near future i will add a new OS detection routine and code it for other Windows systems. If there's enough need for it. -------------------- |
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