You can just open the hosts file to see if has been changed, or just make your own new one. It is just a text file.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com > wrote: > Ok... sounds like there may be an issue with "leftover" crap from the fake > antivirus. :-( > I'll see if replacing the hosts file with a "known-clean" version did > anything when I get home... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:05 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: R: Windows 7 question > > Just now I updated Spybot on W7 (Run as Admin) with no issues > > > GuidoElia > HELPPC > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Inviato: venerdì 22 ottobre 2010 15.43 > A: NT System Admin Issues > Oggetto: RE: Windows 7 question > > Hmm... even though I started SpyBot as an Admin? I never got prompted for > permissions to modify a system file like I would have expected. I'll try > temporarily disabling UAC when I get home and see if SpyBot will update the > hosts file. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:11 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 question > > UAC > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Windows 7 question > > Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent SpyBot > from writing to the Hosts file? I cleaned my brother-in-law's laptop and > tried to add the SpyBot Hosts file, but was unable to do so from within > SpyBot. Eventually I just put the Hosts file from my wife's XP box on a > flash drive and copied it over, but I am trying to get ready for Windows 7 > here in the office and thought I'd ask. 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