full-disclosure - Windows hosts file changing.

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From: chows at ozemail.com.au (gregh)
Subject: Windows hosts file changing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Gerry" <poof1@....net>
To: <Full-Disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 6:01 PM
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Windows hosts file changing.


> Does -ANYBODY- know how it occurs?
>
> I've had this happen to a couple boxes of mine now...
>
> New one:
> --
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 66.40.16.131 livesexlist.com
> 66.40.16.131 lanasbigboobs.com
> 66.40.16.131 thumbnailpost.com
> 66.40.16.131 adult-series.com
> 66.40.16.131 www.livesexlist.com
> 66.40.16.131 www.lanasbigboobs.com
> 66.40.16.131 www.thumbnailpost.com
> 66.40.16.131 www.adult-series.com
> --
>
> Any idea how the search site is replacing that? =/ It's starting to piss
me
> off =/ I had some custom information in there that's now overwritten (Not
> backed up)
>


Not to answer your question directly but ask another - why don't you just
set your hosts file to what you want and then just lock it so it cant ever
be hijacked again? Easy to do even with Windows.

Regards, Greg.