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what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« on: April 06, 2018, 07:22:10 pm »
thanks in advance

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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2018, 10:44:22 pm »
Do you mean proxifier.net rather than proxyfire.net? There are plenty of links to the former if you Google it.
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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2018, 02:06:53 am »
I've found a Proxifier.com but it looks like it's a program you would have had to have installed rather than getting it as a PuP as it's a paid for program.

https://www.proxifier.com/

Can you copy & paste your Hosts file to have a look ?

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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2018, 06:32:52 pm »
Busy recently with work;

Can you post the command to grab the info?

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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2018, 12:02:41 am »
Opened that folder, copied the files here for viewing

Let me know anything needs attending

rather busy recently

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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2018, 02:06:09 am »
Nothing in those host files as far as I can see - just standard hosts file. I've nothing useful to add.
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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2018, 02:08:03 am »
Well you've had better luck than me.

I've clicked on Save then Open for both attachments and I get zilch - I can't even find where they have been saved to.

@ JR - Can you save them as a Notepad file then attach them.

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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2018, 02:17:18 am »
Hi Boggin

This was the hosts file

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#   127.0.0.1       localhost
#   ::1             localhost

127.0.0.1       localhost

And the hosts BAK file

127.0.0.1       localhost

xxxx

I downloaded to my Nexus tablet, seemed to work ok
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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2018, 02:57:55 am »
Thanks - that's exactly the same as mine.

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Re: what is proxyfire.net doing under 127.0.0.1
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2018, 12:24:20 am »
better to know it's safe than sorry;

TIA