Steve Wertz > wrote in
:

> Just make sure you don't edit hosts.sam (which can be confused
> easily the way Windows sometimes hides file extensions in the file
> Explorer). The file is simply "hosts" with no extension. You'll
> need to edit it with notepad (not Word or Wordpad as that can
> introduce unwanted characters).

Hiding filename extensions is Evil. It's the first thing I change when
working on a Windows box, as it's the source of uncountable mistakes not to
mention lots of malicious mischief.