Re: "Hosts"
From: **Florence (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/17/04
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Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 15:09:48 -0700
Thank you very much for your helpful explanation. We did
click on the LMhost.sam, but it did not have an "Open
With" similar to when we right click on the "Hosts.'
When we right click on "Hosts" there is nothing showing in
Notepad. Should the file - 127.0.0.1 be located there?
You state to rename the "Hosts" file. Would that cause any
harm? If NO, what should we rename it to? (We now use
NAV2004; WinXP; AOL9 and IE6)
Thanks again for your help.
-Flo
>-----Original Message-----
>The existence of those files is normal. The .SAM files
are samples for your
>benefit that are not used at all. You should open the
hosts file in Notepad
>and see if there are any entries besides the 127.0.0.1
localhost entry. It
>sounds like you already did this and it appeared to be
empty, in which case
>all is well. If it was empty, you can safely rename it,
just to be safe.
>You could check the LMHOSTS file as well the same way,
if you wanted to,
>though this is probably less of a target.
>
>
>"**Florence**" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:d91301c43ad4$be6def50$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> A while back I got virus which I believe was
>> named "NoupdateB." Well, will the help of nice people on
>> this board I think I got rid of it. However, today I was
>> reading the Symantec security response and on the last
>> page it states: #7 - Reversing the changes made to the
>> Hosts file - For Win93se (which I have) - go to
>> Start/Find/ and then type in "hosts" in Look in "C"
drive.
>> I typed in "hosts" and the following came up:
>> ====
>> Hosts.sam Windows
>> Lmhosts.sam Windows
>> Hosts Windows
>> Hosts.sam aol6/net/win98se
>> imhosts.sam aol6/net/win98se
>> =======
>> Then it went on to say "right click each file and click
on
>> Open With." Deselect the "Always use this program..."
and
>> then click on Notepad. I did that, but the only file
that
>> had "Open With" was "Hosts Windows". It then said
>> to "delete all files except 127.0.0.1 Localhost" I
looked
>> in that file (in Notepad) and there was nothing in
there.
>> Do I have to do anything else with this "Host" file or
any
>> of the other 4 files (hosts.sam window / Lmhost.sam
>> window / Hosts.sam Aol6.... / imhosts.sam Aol6...)
>> Hope this is not too confusing and thank you for any
help.
>
>
>.
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