tinyumbrella 3194 cannot start tss server

[Famousrabbit]

I have a big probalem with tinyumbrella

I can open tinyumbrella


But when i open it says
"Request SHSH From Cydia" is currently set
This can cause issues if you are trying to save current SHSHs as Cydia is no longer able to reliably proxy SHSH requests
Please change your setting in the 'Advanced ' tab and click the Apply Changes' button or use the 'Edit' menu to apply changes first

Then it says
Cannot Start TSS Service
Do not try and restoring your Device!!!!
CWindows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts is not writable!

Then in the program it says Tinyumbrellas Tss server is not running

Please help I have only 10 days b4 i go home and my friend really wants me to jailbreak his phone plus its running really buggy atm because i tried jailbreaking it on redsn0w and it didnt work it needs a restore badly

[Tomt2000]

Right click the hosts file > properties > un-check read-only > Ok
Now open TU

[Mes]

Probable causes:

1) Not administrator or do not have administrator privileges to write to the file.
2) Read-only
3) The security permissions are not set correctly. (Properties/Security)
4) A virus. Check for other files with a same name 'hosts' but with a different extension.

Check, correct as necessary, and try again

[Famousrabbit]

Yeah i have already tried running it on administrator : Didnt work
It isnt on read only

What is the file extension for hosts file tbh i think its corrupt is there any way i can set it back to default as i have changed it alot tring to fix this problem this is my host file

## Copyright (c) 1993-2001 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This file has been automatically generated for use by Microsoft Internet
# Connection Sharing. It contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names
# for the home network. Please do not make changes to the HOSTS.ICS file.
# Any changes may result in a loss of connectivity between machines on the
# local network.
#

#192.168.137.35 iPhone.mshome.net # 2011 5 3 18 22 21 32 785
#192.168.137.1 LON-TOSH.mshome.net # 2016 5 1 9 22 24 31 905

Its called hosts.txt
I also have another file called
Imhosts.txt

Im on a 64 bit windows seven i heard that could be causing the problem?
Any ideas?

[Mes]

1) hosts file should not have an extension.
2) I believe the two other 'hosts' files pose no virus risk.
3) The hosts file should contain "127.0.0.0.1 localhost". It's missing .... not good

Something has modified hosts which typically occurs with a virus or browser hijacker (both considered viruses)
TU will not run correctly if the hosts file is not-writable.

[Famousrabbit]

Any ideas if I delete it will it restore itslef as default i has extension its file type is txt though

[Mes]

Any ideas if I delete it will it restore itslef as default i has extension its file type is txt though

If deleted, the hosts file will not be recreated !! Looks like a virus, acts like a virus, I think you have a virus.

[Famousrabbit]

I dont get it why would a virus attack my hosts file
I dont think its a virus i think i just edited it to much what does your hosts file look like

[Mes]

Do a google search on browser attacks. They regularly attack the hosts file.

This is the minimum requirements for a hosts file:

# #
# Notes: The Operating System does not read the "#" symbol #
# You can create your own notes, after the # symbol #
# This *must* be the first line: 127.0.0.1 localhost #
# #

127.0.0.1 localhost

[Strate L O S S]

hey everyone sorry to bump this old thread but I currently have this problem

I am Administrator on the PC
The host files are NOT "read only"
TU 5.10.12


what I think my problem is that I don't even have the host file anymore, I previously used TU to downgrade my old iPhone4 but then had to remodify a host file a while after to update my iPod touch as it kept throwing an iTunes error code.

Can someone confirm what files *should* be in the system32/drivers/etc/ folder ? I have only these files.
" lmhosts -SAM FILE"
" networks -FILE"
" protocol -FILE"
" services -FILE"

IDK WTF is up, any help is appreciated, thanks.