Nope. It's a protected file. Change it, or delete it, and it will come right back. Windows automatically restores protected system files to prevent corruption or alteration by malware. t On 4/16/06 11:54 AM, "somebody@xxxxxx" <somebody@xxxxxx> spoketh to all: > Just take a binary editor to dnsapi.dll and change the strings to .ccc instead > of .com > > That should fix it, until the next update cycle. > >