ZA reports AVG wants to change Network settings

[bozo]

I have ZA pro, and AVG free running, and in the last month or so I have been getting a Zone Alarm alert (see attachment), saying AVG is attempting to change network settings.

I usually "Deny" the change, but there is no option to "Remember" this in the ZA alert. The alert returns...sometimes several times a day. I believe (not positive) that I even "Allow" the alert once, to get rid of the alert.

Ideas???

[EzyStvy]

The host file can be used to block bad sites that place cookies/cause pop ups etc on your machine...I would "always" allow. Or better yet, turn off ZA's notification. It'll drive you nuts looking at all the things getting blocked.

[cmillar6]

http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=cfg&message.id=39629

[glc]

Wait a minute - AVG should not be trying to modify your hosts file unless there's a problem in there. Open yours up and see what entries are in there.

[bozo]

Wait a minute - AVG should not be trying to modify your hosts file unless there's a problem in there. Open yours up and see what entries are in there.I made the change that cmillar6's link sugested.

Where do I go to open the host file?

[EzyStvy]

The pic you posted shows where the host file is.

[glc]

If you have a copy of HijackThis, it has a basic hosts file manager. That's sometimes easier than trying to find it and getting it to open in Notepad.

"windrvdir" is usually c:\windows\system32\drivers.

[bozo]

I made the setting change in ZA, and it apears that has taked care of the nag.

I used HiJacck This to look at my host file, & here it is:# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhostI am wondering why it says in it is a sample host file.

[glc]

That is in fact a standard hosts file. There are no additional entries from the default.

[bozo]

The setting change in ZA seemed to take care of the nag.

Thanks glc for the heads up on the host file.

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