I followed Mike Binns instructions for the hosts files like he suggests here for Windows XP: To access your hosts file without Microsoft AntiSpyware, click the start menu->run. type in "c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc" (without the quotes) and press enter. If the page that opens warns you that the files are system files, click "Show me the files anyway".

In the folder there will be a number of files beginning with "hosts". The one you want has no extension (i.e. it is just "hosts" not "hosts.bak" or "hosts.msn"). Double click it and an "open with" box will open up. Scroll down and double click "WordPad".

You will see some lines starting with "#"'s, scroll down to the first one that doesn't have a # on it. This one will most likely be "127.0.0.1 localhost". This is the localhost loopback and is valid and ok to leave. If there are any entries below this one, delete all the lines below it. Click "file"->"save" and then close the hosts file.
I did that and when I did there is this below the local host of 127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
the 2nd one you see below that. My question is this being that this is Windows Vista knowing that it's quite different from Windows XP is that I'm wondering if I do or did have a virus at one time since this is still a brand new laptop and how do I get rid of that entry below that as when I do try and do it, it tells me that access to this is denied. Thank you and have a great day!!!

That ::1 one is ok, it is an IPv6 address, which is the new protocol coming out. ::1 localhost is the IPv6 version of the 127.0.0.1 localhost. You should not delete it.