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Looks like you got it - the PING entry details is the correct response that you were looking for.
HijackThis should be able to tell that there are approximately 10,000 entries in the HOSTS file. Test the following additional entries to make sure (if you want). Response should be likewise 127.0.0.1:
www.gator.com webhitcounter.com
Could you explain what finally worked for you (for the benefit of others) if you would.
Result of ping command as requested. I suppose it's OK.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\>ping gator.com
Pinging gator.com [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\>ping webhitcounter.com
Pinging webhitcounter.com [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\>
Now let's see what I did!
Searched for Ms Hosts file in Google.
Downloaded a zip file and saved it in drive D (a partition from C:\)
Then searched for HOSTS file in C drive and (amongst others) there was the famous C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drives\Etc and saved the extracted zip file to it.
That was it. What I was doing wrong was that I didn't quite understand what have I to do with this file and then when I figured out exactly what I had to do then it was plain sailing.
Another misunderstanding on my part was that the "etc" folder in windows was a real folder and not just the etc as we are normally used to. When I realised that it was an actual folder then I saved to it.
THANKS a lot for helping me out. I would have never done it on my own for sure.
As you posted me some time back I'll wait for some more days and then I can download SP2. Would that be OK? Or it would cause me more trouble than it is worth cos I've heard that sometimes it is not worth it.
I would really want to sort that out, whatever it is. You could have flakey memory or a power supply problem, etc, as well as the usual suspects to consider.
I wouldn't want to go near SP2 with any such wildcard yet to be resolved. You want to have several days of clear stability before you do and preferably 'ALL CLEAR' scans.
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