Well, now that you've mentioned SpyBot - What is DSO Exploit, and why can't my SpyBot Search and Destroy get rid of it? Even when I manually remove it from my directory it automatically immediately reappears. What is it doing to me or my system? Lloyd Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 2:26 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Programoplasty > Redirected Hosts > > Andy, do you have Spybot Search and Destroy running? They have a > redirected hosts file that "redirects" nasty hosts to your local host as > a protection against spyware, then locks the hosts file. > > Your problem may be your antispyware program. This is just a guess, and > I am certainly no computer exegete or expert. But maybe you should look > at your antispyware program. > > Eric > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html