How do i fix error 3194 if I already deleted host file?

Question

I tried the windows/system32/drivers,ect or w.e. and one thing told me to download a different host file, and delete the original, anyway, it didnt work, and now i dont have the original host file. I dont know if that matter, cuz i tried doing it some other ways but with a downloaded host file, nothing works. what do i do?

Answer 1

There shouldn't be any problem even if you deleted your HOSTS file. In Windows 7, the HOSTS file doesn't even contain anything except remarks. Here's what my Windows 7 HOSTS file contains:



# 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





You may copy the above and paste it on a Notepad and save it as HOSTS but select the Save as type as 'All Files (*.*) and don't put any .txt extension. Just name it plainly as HOSTS and put it in the ETC folder.



If you are using XP you may find a copy of the default HOSTS file here:

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/misc/host-files/windows-xp/hosts



For Vista:

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/misc/host-files/windows-vista/hosts



For 7:

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/misc/host-files/windows-7/hosts

Answer 2

Fix Error 3194

Answer 3

Reinstall windows or do a system restore and go back few days where that didn't happened