whats this?

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by lamia8592, Dec 15, 2004.

  1. lamia8592

    lamia8592 Private E-2

    I was looking at my hijack log and i noticed a line
    R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1

    that i didnt have on my previous logs. what is this and should it be fixed.

    thanks,
    Tommy
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Don't worry about it. Sometime various pieces of software you may use will need this to send themselves to your PC which is called the localhost and 127.0.0.1 is the address for that.
     
  3. lamia8592

    lamia8592 Private E-2

    ok, thanks

    tommy
     

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