Windows 10: Windows Defender quarantined my hosts file, saying it was hijacked. How can I see what was...
Discus and support Windows Defender quarantined my hosts file, saying it was hijacked. How can I see what was... in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I'm fairly certain I had put some things in my hosts file to block telemetry, but it would've been years ago and I'm not sure. This site says that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/nukem2k5, Oct 28, 2020.
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