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Hosts file gets updated automatically.

Hi,

Hosts file gets updated automatically.
Any idea why this happens?

Xp machines once restarted this happens.

regards
Raja
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JuanCarniglia
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It resets to default values? Or something new appears?
Does it happen only on one machine or in the entire network

If one or two machines then check for virus

If entire network then look through your login script or group policy
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Do you have any active logon scripts or perhaps a registry key that does this? Check Start > run > msconfig to see if there is anything other than default set.
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this happens in all machines when restarted
It add's few entries
No logon scripts
Msconfig clear
Also where in GPO other than login scripts i can see if something is set
Try to restart a PC unplugged from the network, see what happens then.
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are you running some stuff like spybot? I saw several AV programs which used the host file for blocking webpages.
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