Attention Ad-Aware users

This is a notice to Ad-Aware users using the MVPS HOSTS file
MVPS HOSTS [13/June/04]

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www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
Attention Ad-Aware users
Ad-Aware has decided to include a new detection when scanning the HOSTS file. This now creates a "Bad hosts file entry" in the log file generated at the end of a scan. The best thing to do is to place a check in each entry, right-click and select: "Add selection to ignorelist". Otherwise if you let AWW "fix" these items it will trash the HOSTS file! Even if you have it "locked" by [example] SpywareBlaster or Winpatrol. It does not return the attributes and renames the HOSTS file incorrectly to hosts.

 

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The hosts file is not corrupted. The standard hostsfile filename is "hosts" in lower-case, which is what it is named if Ad-aware is instructed to edit it. Also, the file is marked as read-only in an attempt to deter editing.

Lavasoft Knowledge Base Article 04052201
Several HOSTS File Entries Indicated By Ad-aware Despite No Other Items Being Indicated
http://www.lavahelp.com/articles/v6/04/05/2201.html

Thank you,

Aaron Hulett
Microsoft Certified Professional
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Aaron Hulett - Chief Research Officer | Lavasoft Research & Development |