G_girl 0 Report post Posted July 20, 2011 Does anyone know why national geographic has attached itself to localhost permissions and where I can block it individually? I never used their store I only viewed their site a couple times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sded 0 Report post Posted July 20, 2011 Are you using a HOSTS file in windows/system32/drivers/etc? What does the first entry say? Does the National Geographic address appear somewhere? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G_girl 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2011 Are you using a HOSTS file in windows/system32/drivers/etc? What does the first entry say? Does the National Geographic address appear somewhere? No, I checked that, all it has is 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost I searched the registry too, couldnt find any instances of it. I've cleared my temp files and my flash cookies. Stumped on how to block it or remove it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew F. 28 Report post Posted July 21, 2011 You can try running nslookup tool and resolving the addresses mentioned in those popups. I think that 127.0.0.1 is what your DNS resolves them to. Best regards, Andrey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G_girl 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2011 Nslookup: DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. Non-authoritative answer: Name: natgeo.playp.biz Address: 127.0.0.1 Aliases: mobilestore.nationalgeographic.com Thanks, you're right, I don't know what this means or how to block it though. It's something recent and it appears every time a program asks to use localhost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catprincess 19 Report post Posted July 21, 2011 You could try using something like Ccleaner to clear the DNS Cache (it has an option to do this) and see if it reverts back to reporting "Localhost" as the remote address. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G_girl 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 You could try using something like Ccleaner to clear the DNS Cache (it has an option to do this) and see if it reverts back to reporting "Localhost" as the remote address. I tried ipconfig /flushdns (from the command prompt) it clears my DNS cache, but it doesn't seem to remove it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 10 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 Just wondering if it could be helpful setting the DNS Client service to "manual" and then try using Ccleaner... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G_girl 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Just wondering if it could be helpful setting the DNS Client service to "manual" and then try using Ccleaner... Unfortunately didn't work, still trying to figure out what's going on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
