Troth, .Ok, I'll try and explain this in my best English......ha-ha I did a search and it came up with 2 files. One HOSTS had 1kB and is called SAM-file, the other LMHOSTS has 4kB and also is called SAM-file. Now a very weird thing happened, I went to the sample files and saw they are all JScript- and VBScript-files. I'll explain them here: 2 CHART with one JScript and one VBScript 2 EXEL, same as above 2 NETWORK, same as above 2 REGISTRY, same. Now with this one something strange happened when I tried to open them Norton came up with a warning that said: HARMFUL SCRIPT. Object: Windows Script host shell object. Activity: RegWrite. Your computer is temporary stopped something has to be done with this script: C:\WINDOWS\SAMPLES\WSH\REGISTRY.JS. and the same thing came with the other file only there the REGISTRY ended with VBS. Than Norton asks What do you want to do? Advice: stop script. I pressed the ok bottom because I don't know what this is all about. Is this a virus or just a file I cant touch?? Than 2 SHORTCUT the same as above and one SHOWVAR with only VBScript. The other file LMHOST I cant find. I hope you can understand my explaining all this -:) Sylvia. > -:)) Yes I can imagine that!! > I have WindowsME, I'll do the search now. > Sylvia. > > > Do a search on your system for the hosts file. WinXP: START > SEARCH and > enter HOSTS. For WinME/98SE/95: START > FIND > FILES AND FOLDERS. > > I mentioned the different operating systems cause I tend to forget tad > bits from previous posts (since we go through so many here), and forgot what > OS you said you had. > > > > ---Troth To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk