On 3 Aug 2003 19:33:01 -0700, doug_blaisdell@yahoo.com (doug blaisdell) wrote:

>I like spybot, but be careful about the hosts file additions it makes
>for you in the advanced menu. I added these, and then found that I
>couldn't reconnect to the internet, and when I rebooted that my system
>ran impossibly slow (eg. it took 20 minutes to shutdown). I brought up
>the system in Safemode, brought up Spybot, reversed all the
>quarantined spyware that it found, and I still had the problem. Then I
>changed the hosts file back to what it was and everything was fine
>again. I got an error when I tried to restore the original hosts file
>back via spybot, so I had to do it manually.

Thanks for the notice, it has been discussed here previously.
If you like a good HOSTS use this one, http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
><snip>
>This file now includes most major parasites, dialers and hijackers!
></snip>
The SpyBot FAQ on their HOSTS file:
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...ase/faq/faq012



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