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it possibly means that your hosts file has become corrupted

 

normally this is done by a virus or similar

 

gizza bell and will talk you through checking it

 

 

computers use something called domain name resolution (DNS) to translate what you type into your web browser etc (such as www.jaffacakesaregreat.com) into an IP address. a hosts fil is a file on a PC that can be used to force this resolution to resolve to a set address. your hosts file can normally be found in c:\wiindows\system32\drivers\etc

 

in most circumstances it shouldnt really contain any entries. some viruses and trojans will add entries to the file so that they can fool programmes into connecting to incorrect servers. there are legitimate entries that can be added too though

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