I have Adaware free (great software, thank you!). When in Full Scan, it goes through the Hosts File and scans dozens of entries inside it. Example of one such entry found by AdAware in the Hosts File: www.avp.com 127.0.0.1 BUT My Hosts File (Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts) is EMPTY!!! Where are the scanned entries coming from? They can't be coming from the empty Hosts File!!! Thank you again. Have a cool end of summer. G.