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I can confirm this issue also happens on Windows XP (SP2).

.DEFAULT (Cookies, Domain, IPs)
S-1-5-18 (Cookies, Domain, IPs)

Both of those under IE (32/64 bit) do not immunize.

Which proxy software does it break? This is the first I've ever heard of that. If it's just WebWasher, I would see no need to make your software work with others software that is incorrectly coded.

No updates on if it will be correctly set to 0.0.0.0 or will remain unchanged with the incorrect 127.0.0.1?

So were the remnants removed when you remove the Hosts file Immunizations/"protections"?

It can go either way. See here.

That is bad and incorrect behavior. 127.0.0.1 is your computer (That's why it says 127.0.0.1 localhost in your Hosts file) and since your computer is active that means it will try to establish an...

What I meant by this statement is:
If a person opts to remove the Spybot S&D Hosts file additions, it should remove all the code, including
# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy...

Just saying that if someone wants to remove the Hosts file protection, everything should be removed. Leftovers are considered sloppy.

Malware can still alter and even replace your Hosts file. Malware is an executable file, just like everything else you use. It sends a command line parameter to change the state of the Hosts file...

When you remove the Spybot Hosts file, these leftovers are present:

# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
# End of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy

It also...

I would like to see a change however in the Hosts file protection.

Would it be possible to change it from being the localhost IP address of 127.0.0.1 to the correct null address of 0.0.0.0?

The...

Any word on this?

It also applies to the current beta.

You should never disable the DNS Client service. There are numerous websites that spread misinformation about why people using a large hosts file should disable it.

In addition, when you remove the Spybot Hosts file, these leftovers are present:

# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
# End of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
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Compliments to Patrick on this excellent product. I hgihly recommend it to all of my forum members and many more people. :P

I would like to see a change however in the Hosts file protection.
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