Host only adapter does not store IP address

[jakul]

When I create a new host only network adapter, it will not store the IP address I assign to it. After I save the IP address & netmask it looks like it works (I see the Windows 7 User Account Control verification box and no errors), but the IP address doesn't get stored on the adapter. If I go back into the 'Host only networks' page I see that there is an error, and the IP address and network mask have both reset themselves to "0.0.0.0"

I have tried adding/removing the adapter from within virtualbox and settings the values manually in the Windows aapter settings dialogue.

I am using a Windows 7 host.

Does anyone know why the settings don't get saved, or how to get more information?

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage list hostonlyifs
Name:            VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
GUID:            1721835e-e2c8-4f52-90fe-df7227ebe037
DHCP:            Disabled
IPAddress:       0.0.0.0
NetworkMask:     0.0.0.0
IPV6Address:
IPV6NetworkMaskPrefixLength: 0
HardwareAddress: 00:00:00:00:00:00
MediumType:      Unknown
Status:          Unknown
VBoxNetworkName: HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter

[jakul]

I've worked out how to fix it, but I still don't know why it was broken!

All I had to do was disable "Network Activity Hook lightweight filter driver" in the adapter properties.

[Sergey Prokhorov]

I have the same issue after upgrade to 4.2.4