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I turned on my computer and my Windows Security Center prompted me to upgrade my Eset Nod32 Anti-Virus v2.7 due to out of date. Argh! That is my initial reaction because that means I have to uninstall my old version of Nod32. I used to have AVG Free, Mcafee and Norton Anti-Virus but those programs slows down my computer. I like my anti-virus now because it really does protect my computer. Ever since I installed it in my computer I’m free of viruses, worms, and other unwanted programs. To add on that almost everyday it updates the latest virus definition without bugging while doing something in my computer.

It took me less than 15 minutes to download, install and reboot my computer before I can do my work again. I thought everything is perfect and when I start to access my localhost using Flock browser it just gives me a blank page, or connection reset error, and I noticed that when I type localhost it redirects to www.localhost.com. I tried Firefox but it did the same thing. I also double check and make sure my xampp program is running.

I told myself that it is something to do with Nod32 because that is the only change I made on my computer before this issue occurred. So I did a little research on this and I ended up editing my hosts file.

To access your hosts file go to.
1. C:(or Windows Folder)\\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
2. Open the HOSTS file using Notepad or any HTML Editor.
3. Look and delete :. localhost or :. 127.0.0.1
4. Save the file as hosts
5. Open your browser type localhost — it should work.

*I’m using Windows Vista Home Basic, Xampplite and Nod32 v3.0

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If something happens on your computer don’t blame me.