Having problem with a system host file

[Smartini31]

Hi,
This is the file I am having problems with: C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts
I was having problem accessing some website and was told to remove line(s) in this file using notepad. It only made things worse and I can't access websites like google/gmail or other websites
I need help, what do I have to do?

 

[Yami]

Upload your hosts file here, or copy the contents of it into code tags in a post here by putting [ code]content[/ code], without the spaces.

My guess is that you've put an asterisk somewhere that you shouldn't have.

 

[Smartini31]

127.0.0.1   www.yandex.ua
127.0.0.1   www.yandex.ru
127.0.0.1   www.google.ru
127.0.0.1   www.google.com
127.0.0.1   www.ya.ru
127.0.0.1   mail.ua
127.0.0.1   mail.ru
127.0.0.1   www.google.com.ua
127.0.0.1   www.steampowered.com
127.0.0.1   www.steam.com
127.0.0.1   youtube.com
127.0.0.1   yahoo.com
127.0.0.1   live.com
127.0.0.1   rambler.ru
127.0.0.1   gmail.com
127.0.0.1   yahoo.com
127.0.0.1   mail.qip.ru
127.0.0.1   mail.google.com
127.0.0.1   mail.rambler.ru
127.0.0.1   mail.nic.ru
127.0.0.1   74.ru
127.0.0.1   webmail.meta.ua
127.0.0.1   mail.i.ua
127.0.0.1   freemail.ukr.net
127.0.0.1   mail.com
127.0.0.1   web.mail.com
127.0.0.1   e.mail.ru

It doesn't have any asterisk is just deleted a few lines in a notepad file

 

[1etherer]

Just delete all them lines, they are pointing to your own computer...

 

[Smartini31]

Well that was easier than expected thank you very much!

 

[1etherer]

Well that was easier than expected thank you very much!

No problem, what the host file does is, it redirects the websites listed to the IP address given. 127.0.0.1 stands for "home" or your own PC.. so when you typed e.g. www.facebook.com it was trying to speak to your own PC rather than the web servers facebook is hosted on..