How do I reset the hosts file?
October 19, 2015 - 8:53 pmYou can reset the changes made by Spybot to the Windows “hosts” file to its original configuration by undoing Spybot’s immunization.
To undo Spybot’s Immunization:
- Open the Spybot – Search & Destroy “Start Center” by right-clicking the Spybot icon and choosing the option to “Run as administrator”.
- In the Start Center, click “Immunization”.
- In the Immunization window, click “Undo Immunization”.
You can then navigate to the hosts file location:
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\
This folder contains your “hosts” file, along with many regularly-created backups of the hosts file.
You can then delete the hosts file and the backup host files and restore a default hosts file.
Please see here for instructions from Microsoft to restore the hosts file.
Please do not delete other files located in this folder.
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