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Tetrachloride

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2. Security check: your HOSTS file

Reply to vercetti2021 (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2022, 04:54 PM

Apr 2022

https://m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/hosts_file_for_windows.html

Normally speaking , your computer’s “hosts.txt” file is short. The link above describes the normal way.

Abnormally speaking, it could have been nefariously altered

Finally, the hosts file can be used for serious ad blocking.

If in doubt, visit a professional shop near you. Have them adjust the DNS server settings and install a serious hosts.txt file.

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I had to start using a VPN [View all] vercetti2021 Apr 2022 OP

try changing your DNS SERVER settings Tetrachloride Apr 2022 #1

Is that with IP4? vercetti2021 Apr 2022 #3

Correct. Unlikely but a router reset may be a way. Tetrachloride Apr 2022 #4

Security check: your HOSTS file Tetrachloride Apr 2022 #2

Try checking your router canetoad Apr 2022 #5

How do I do that? vercetti2021 Apr 2022 #6

There will be a login number canetoad Apr 2022 #7

Remote diagnoses are a bitch, but here are some thoughts. usonian Apr 2022 #8

you didnt say if you ran a virus scan Paige_Turner Apr 2022 #9

VPN isues to be aware of Wonder Why May 2022 #10

ipconfig /flushdns Brainfodder Jun 2022 #11