I successfully placed GenP in the C drive. However, this is my host update log.

After running the program, I checked the host file again, and it had been restored to its original state.

2025-11-24 13:51:04 - Script execution started.
2025-11-24 13:51:04 - Hosts file has not changed since the last backup. Skipping backup.
2025-11-24 13:51:04 - Hosts file content retrieved.
2025-11-24 13:51:04 - Attempting to execute GenP.exe for blocklist.
2025-11-24 13:51:06 - GenP.exe executed successfully.
2025-11-24 13:51:06 - GenP.exe output missing or invalid.
2025-11-24 13:51:06 - Failed to run GenP to fetch the blocklist; please ensure the executable is present and try again.
2025-11-24 13:51:06 - Attempting to retrieve blocklist from fallback URLs.
2025-11-24 13:51:06 - Trying to access fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:06 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:07 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:07 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:09 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:09 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:09 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:11 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:12 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:12 - Trying to access fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:12 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:12 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:12 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:14 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:15 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:15 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:17 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:17 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:17 - Trying to access fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:17 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:18 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:18 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:20 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:20 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:20 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:22 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:22 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:22 - Trying to access fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:22 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:23 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:23 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:25 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:25 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:25 - Retrying in 2 seconds.
2025-11-24 13:51:27 - Retrieving blocklist content from fallback URL.
2025-11-24 13:51:27 - Failed to connect to the provided URL; please check internet connectivity or the URL itself.
2025-11-24 13:51:27 - No valid blocklist entries retrieved from all sources. Attempting to restore hosts file from hosts.plain.
2025-11-24 13:51:27 - hosts.plain file does not exist; cannot restore hosts file.
2025-11-24 13:51:27 - Restoring hosts file from backup.
2025-11-24 13:51:27 - Copy operation successful: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.bak -> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
2025-11-24 13:51:27 - Exiting script.

Or did I do something wrong? Please tell me.

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[–] 1 point 11 months ago

I've been having the same issue on the Advanced method Host File updater, keeps saying that on the log. I made sure to change the GenP file path to where GenP is in my Downloads (C Drive) and I made sure the folder and Downloads itself has full admin access on all my admin accounts.

But the updater task works just fine when it uses the backup URLS, so I've kinda just let it be since it still works. Plus since I've now started using Wintrust on Premiere and Photoshop (Acrobat blocks popups great just patching with GenP), I've not really used the hosts file anymore anyway.

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