Thanks for the secure site...that worked for my registration. (I could not visit the tutorial page however, since it begins with
www.avast.com, which is what I can't get to.)
Maybe you could help me here as far as the hosts.
I notice that all the 127.0.0.1 files are BAD sites that I think were put there to keep my computer from those sites. But then underneath all those are host files that are # 1.1.1.1 and every single one of those are good sites, mostly spyware/malware removal sites, and ALL are the ones I can NOT access, including avast.com Here is what it looks like:
# This list is Copyright 2000-2007 Safer Networking Limited
# End of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
1.1.1.1 housecall.trendmicro.com
1.1.1.1 usa.kaspersky.com
1.1.1.1 ewido.net
1.1.1.1
www.ewido.net1.1.1.1 zonelabs.com
1.1.1.1
www.zonelabs.com1.1.1.1
www.bitdefender.com1.1.1.1 download.bitdefender.com
1.1.1.1 spywareinfo.com
1.1.1.1
www.spywareinfo.com1.1.1.1 merijn.org
1.1.1.1
www.merijn.org1.1.1.1 sysinternals.com
1.1.1.1
www.sysinternals.com1.1.1.1 onguardonline.gov
1.1.1.1
www.onguardonline.gov1.1.1.1 avast.com
1.1.1.1
www.avast.com1.1.1.1 safety.live.com
1.1.1.1
www.paretologic.com1.1.1.1 paretologic.com
1.1.1.1 services.google.com
1.1.1.1
www.webroot.com1.1.1.1 webroot.com
1.1.1.1 bleepingcomputer.com
1.1.1.1 techguy.org
1.1.1.1 forums.techguy.org
I tried just deleting one of them to see if after I did I could access the site but still couldn't. (But I didn't close out of notepad). Since it didn't work I just clicked "undo" and it went back.
But basically ALL these are the sites my computer will not let me go to. Do you know how I can get them off of the list or how I can access these sites? I had a bad virus about 6 months ago and these sites have been off limits to me ever since then, even though the virus was removed.
I know this goes BEYOND just my question regarding avast, but if you could help me I would be soooo grateful! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!