I bought some software from a buddy and probably should have know better but the instructions say to : Before you begin, copy "host" file from CD to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc to over write origional (Important) For some reason I feel like I have opend a bag of problems. On occosaion, I see an outlook window pop up that I did not do, but my hand is moving and I figure it was me. I wonder if I have opened my computer up to a bad thing. He said he ordered the software on line but I'm betting it is a knock off. Am I totally stupid of just a little?

Hi, You can open the "host" file by using a text editor program like notepad and see what it contains? "The hosts file is a computer file used in an operating system to map hostnames to IP addresses. The hosts file is a plain-text file and is traditionally named hosts." Here is a default "hosts" file content example. Compare with yours and see what can cause the problems... # 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 Kubilay Elmas