Microsoft AntiSpyware

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Several questions about Microsoft AntiSpyware:

1. Why does the Help section give information about a System Inoculation
Wizard when it does not exist? If it does exist I cannot find it anywhere.

2. In the Windows Hosts File why can I only select individual files rather
than select all of them at once?

3. Why is there an option in the Windows Hosts File to permanently delete a
file but this option is not available?

4. When I chose to block a file in the Windows Hosts File why does it
automatically return to the top of the list so that I have to waste time
scrolling down the list to the next file?
 
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MCB said:
Several questions about Microsoft AntiSpyware:

1. Why does the Help section give information about a System Inoculation
Wizard when it does not exist? If it does exist I cannot find it
anywhere.
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This beta1 product has a variety of bugs. This leftover item in the help
file is one example.
2. In the Windows Hosts File why can I only select individual files rather
than select all of them at once?
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The hosts file is, in fact a single text file. So-each of what you are
calling files is in fact a single line within that text file. This is
indeed awkward, and many other apps, including notepad, are easier to use
for the purpose.

If you are considering doing something en masse with the content of the
hosts file, it is quite likely that you misunderstand the source of the
entries you are looking at and/or their intended effect.
3. Why is there an option in the Windows Hosts File to permanently delete
a
file but this option is not available?
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Hmm - I can't easily check this at the moment--
4. When I chose to block a file in the Windows Hosts File why does it
automatically return to the top of the list so that I have to waste time
scrolling down the list to the next file?
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See answer 2 above--use a different tool. I believe that the effect of
blocking is to add a comment character (#) in front of the given line.


Here's an educational reference about the hosts file:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
 
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