The hosts file is there for backward compatibility. In a pure Win 2000/XP environment, you can safely change the attribute of this file (and your 'Networks' file located in the same folder) to 'Read Only'. This will help prevent writing to these files...
RE: Phishers use DNS tricks to direct users to bad sites
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 11:40am
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