I'm sorry, but now I cannot reproduce the error. As I recall, what follows is what I did last night, multiple times, each time having my entries removed. But today, everything works as I would have expected. If they disappear again, I'll add information to the thread. Thanks for the help.
Originally Posted by
md usa spybot fan
Does this scenario fit the circumstances of when you have noticed that Spybot is deleting other HOSTS file entries?
I'm not sure. Let me list a series of actions which reproduces the event of items disappearing from the hosts file (that is, which I expected to reproduce the error when I began this post, but which did not).
1) Spybot S&D resident is running
2) Resident protection is checked
3) Using windows explorer, open C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
4) Right-click on hosts file, select properties, remove the "read only" check from its check box
5) Open the hosts file using notepad
6) Add new entries between the lines:
127.0.0.1 localhost
# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
7) Save and close notepad
8) Change file permissions back to read only
9) Verify that the changes still remain
10) Open Spybot S&D, open the immunize section, click the Immunize button.
At this point, the hosts file time stamp changes, but the entries are still there (not the way I remember it from my multiple attempts at adding entries last night).
11) Undo immunization. Oddly, the entries remain, but so does this from Spybot:
# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
127.0.0.1 hao123.com
127.0.0.1 www.hao123.com
# This list is Copyright 2000-2007 Safer Networking Limited
# End of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
12) Immunize again, this time it adds entries between:
# This list is Copyright 2000-2007 Safer Networking Limited
# End of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
But my entries remain.