Ipconfig /Flushdns question

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Wilbur Post

Whenever I run Ipconfig /flushdns at the command prompt and then use the
ipconfig /displaydns command, I see all the same records that were there
before the flushdns command was run. Am I doing something wrong?
 
I just tried it, and after ipconfig /flushdns, when I run ipconfig with
/displaydns, I get the message:

"Could not display the DNS Resolver Cache."

and no entries are displayed.
 
Anyone?

Tried it again and typed at the command prompt:

ipconfig /flushdns

with this result:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.


then I type in

c:\ipconfig /displaydns

and a load of ads sites scroll down the screen, i.e.


ads.smartclicks.com.
------------------------------------------------------
Record Name . . . . . : ads.smartclicks.com
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 31442963
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . :


Any solutions?
 
Wilbur Post said:
Anyone?

Tried it again and typed at the command prompt:

ipconfig /flushdns

with this result:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.


then I type in

c:\ipconfig /displaydns

and a load of ads sites scroll down the screen, i.e.


ads.smartclicks.com.
------------------------------------------------------
Record Name . . . . . : ads.smartclicks.com
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 31442963
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . :


Any solutions?
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Look in your hosts file, it might be filled with hosts.
(%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\)
There is probably some spy -adware running that needs a internet connection.
 
Whenever I run Ipconfig /flushdns at the command prompt and then use the
ipconfig /displaydns command, I see all the same records that were there
before the flushdns command was run. Am I doing something wrong?
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I tried that, and got a lot of records before flushing and only 2
after. Both of those contained "localhost".

--
"Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact
for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose
objections are based not on reasoning but on
doctrinaire adherence to religious principles"
-- James D. Watson
 
Gary said:
I tried that, and got a lot of records before flushing and only 2
after. Both of those contained "localhost".
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I have over 700 entries in my hosts file, all of them mapped to
127.0.0.1. Should I do anything about this?
 
I have over 700 entries in my hosts file, all of them mapped to
127.0.0.1. Should I do anything about this?
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The only non-comment lime in mine is: "127.0.0.1 localhost".
That's what Win2000 installs. Your file must have been modified later.
Do you have any idea when or why?

Adding things (mapped to that address) is a technique used to block
certain sites. Are any of those URLs (those mapped to 127.0.0.1) any
you want to access?

--
"Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact
for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose
objections are based not on reasoning but on
doctrinaire adherence to religious principles"
-- James D. Watson
 
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