Hosts Safe Error

Discussion in 'SpywareBlaster & Other Forum' started by penrob, Dec 3, 2003.

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  1. penrob

    penrob Registered Member

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    Receive a "Run-time error '9': Subscript out of range" error when attempting to Create New Backup for Host file under Tools. Running SPywareBlaster 2.6.1.o_O
     
    penrob, Dec 3, 2003
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  2. LowWaterMark

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    Hi penrob,

    What version of Windows are you running? Also, can you tell us about your Hosts file - it's size? is it in a special location or the standard one? Has Hosts Safe ever worked in SpywareBlaster for you before, or was this the first time you ran it?

    This extra information might help.
     
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    Running WindowsXP. Hosts file is in the standard location, but contains no data, not even a localhost entry. Have not attempted Hosts Safe previously, but assume a run-time error might result if attepmted on an empty file.
     
    penrob, Dec 5, 2003
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  4. LowWaterMark

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    Bug confirmed. Tested on Windows XP with "Hosts" file in default location "%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts". If the file is empty (0 byte) then SpywareBlaster will get this error and close.

    I'm sure Javacool will look into this. In the meantime, a totally empty Hosts file is not a good thing. At a minimum, if you are going to have a Hosts file, it should have the localhost line:

    127.0.0.1 localhost

    If you have an interest in picking up an Ad protecting Hosts file take a look at this thread.

    Thanks for bring this to our attention.
     

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  5. javacool

    javacool BrightFort Moderator

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    Ahah!

    Thanks for reporting this - I'll have it fixed in the next version of SpywareBlaster. :)

    Best regards,

    -Javacool
     
    javacool, Dec 5, 2003
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