Hosts file - Security

How To Use The Hosts File

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

What is the hosts file?
The hosts file is a simple text file that is located (for
NT/2000/XP) in the %systemroot%system32driversetc directory
where %systemroot% is a wildcard that points to the location of your Windows directory
(e.g. C:Windows). For Windows 95/98/ME it’s in the main %systemroot%
directory.
It can be edited using Notepad. Be sure that it is
saved WITHOUT a file [...]