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Lock Hosts File To Prevent Hijacking
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<blockquote data-quote="Omnipotent" data-source="post: 538839"><p>Imagine clicking on <em><a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com" target="_blank">www.thewindowsclub.com</a></em> and seeing a completely different web site load in your browser. Malware can redirect Web addresses on your computer by altering your hosts file. This is referred to as the <strong>Host File Hijack</strong>.</p><p></p><p>To prevent Host file hijacks, you may navigate to it, right-click on it, select Properties and make it a <strong>Read only</strong> file. This will lock down your Hosts file and prevent any one or any malware from writing to it.</p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/hosts-file-in-windows" target="_blank">Hosts File in Windows 10 / 8 / 7: Location, Edit, Lock, Manage</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Omnipotent, post: 538839"] Imagine clicking on [I][URL="http://www.thewindowsclub.com"]www.thewindowsclub.com[/URL][/I] and seeing a completely different web site load in your browser. Malware can redirect Web addresses on your computer by altering your hosts file. This is referred to as the [B]Host File Hijack[/B]. To prevent Host file hijacks, you may navigate to it, right-click on it, select Properties and make it a [B]Read only[/B] file. This will lock down your Hosts file and prevent any one or any malware from writing to it. Source: [URL="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/hosts-file-in-windows"]Hosts File in Windows 10 / 8 / 7: Location, Edit, Lock, Manage[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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