- Select the IE Tweaks option
- In the resulting window (see sample screenshot below), select 'Lock Hosts file read-only as protection against hijackers'.
That's it as far as locking the HOSTS file goes. However, Spybot can also provide some valuable prevention with just a few more tweaks. Be sure to check out the next two steps for using Spybot to lockdown the system Registry and manage your startup items.
