ARS login problems...

[Linkster]

Surfn - if you run Webroots Spy Sweeper it will also put an entry in the hosts file - the entry will look like this:
127.0.0.1 stats.adultrevenueservice.com #SpySweeperCASS
also it puts one in for AFF:
127.0.0.1 banners.adultfriendfinder.com #SpySweeperCASS

there should only be one hosts file in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC directory normally and it would be hosts without an extension (no .txt or anything) and can be opened with notepad or wordpad

Depending on your settings in Spy Sweeper anytime you restart or shut down the computer it will rewrite the hosts file and insert those lines that you may edit out to be able to get to ars etc.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by Linkster

Surfn - if you run Webroots Spy Sweeper it will also put an entry in the hosts file - the entry will look like this:
127.0.0.1 stats.adultrevenueservice.com #SpySweeperCASS
also it puts one in for AFF:
127.0.0.1 banners.adultfriendfinder.com #SpySweeperCASS

there should only be one hosts file in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC directory normally and it would be hosts without an extension (no .txt or anything) and can be opened with notepad or wordpad

Depending on your settings in Spy Sweeper anytime you restart or shut down the computer it will rewrite the hosts file and insert those lines that you may edit out to be able to get to ars etc.

I see what you are saying on dozens of domains but nothing for adultrevenueservice.com. Nothing even close.

[MrYum]

Damn Surfn...that's an odd one

Hmmm...you say you do see dozens of other domains in your host file? Don't think you should...the sample Evil posted earlier should be all you see in there. Perhaps your host file has been screwed with and that's the root of the problem. You may indeed have picked up a bug of some sort

Having recently clensed someone else's computer a few times...some of these little nasties are only noticable at certain times...doing certain things. Might explain this kind of odd behavior on your system.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by MrYum

Damn Surfn...that's an odd one

Hmmm...you say you do see dozens of other domains in your host file? Don't think you should...the sample Evil posted earlier should be all you see in there. Perhaps your host file has been screwed with and that's the root of the problem. You may indeed have picked up a bug of some sort

Having recently clensed someone else's computer a few times...some of these little nasties are only noticable at certain times...doing certain things. Might explain this kind of odd behavior on your system.

Those are typical for SpyRoot. If other sites or programs showed any sign of acting differently then I would have to agree I might have some sort of bug. But it is only with this one domain. Nothing else is affected.

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Surfn

Those are typical for SpyRoot. If other sites or programs showed any sign of acting differently then I would have to agree I might have some sort of bug. But it is only with this one domain. Nothing else is affected.

Gotcha...yea, I'm not familiar with SpyRoot...so didn't know it did that. Crap...computers can be such a pain sometimes