Re: It is Windows Defender! Thank you! I did try several things, but then gave up... On the subject: WD parses lines correctly i guess, because i...
%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, on most systems it is C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Tried both 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1 No difference.
It is Windows Defender! At 5:42 am file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts was modified by process C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k secsvcs....
Re: Back to Security Hi FanJ, thank you for the advice. I have NOD32 4.2.71.2 on Win7 and use Chrome (latest). Unfortunately, it did not work...
Re: Back to Security Thank you for the advice! As a matter of fact i started monitoring hosts file some time ago. So far the only write to...
Re: Back to Security OK, here is my problem again: I discovered that some valid lines disappear from my 'hosts' file from time to time. It's...
Back to Security Discussion seems to have drifted to 127.0.0.1 vs 0, quality of methods of ad blocking, etc. All this is completely irrelevant...
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