Hosts File Problem??

[Redkola]

Have SS&D installed and have not had any problems using it (apart from some immunisation issues). Also have Spyware Doctor and following a scan, it picked up a Spyware.Possible_Website_Hijack detection within the Hosts file which it was unable to remove (127.0.0.1, w*w.spywareinfo.com and 127.0.0.1 spywareinfo.com). Contacted the Spyware Doctor help desk and this is their reply:


About Spyware.Possible_Website_Hijack detection, we have received an update from our Research Center about the issue.

The Spyware.possible_website_hijack detections you are experiencing is caused by Spybot.
Spybot appears to be detecting spywareinfo.com as malicious therefore it is utilizing the host file to prevent access to this site, however on Spyware Doctor's side this site contains no malicious entries therefore it is removing host file entries that are trying block access to legitimate sites, in this case spywareinfo.com.

I wonder if anyone else has had similar potential conflict issues and whether this is something I should be concerned about.

Thanks

Redkola

[md usa spybot fan]

Redkola:

The detection of spywareinfo.com in the Spybot's HOSTS file is most likely a Spyware Doctor false positive (detection). Spybot added spywareinfo.com to the HOSTS file intentionally because the site was sold by the original owner and started advertizing rouge software. Please review the following:
Microsoft.Windows.RedirectedHosts?
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=43973
Spywareinfo.TrafficZ on www.spywareinfo.com in my SeaMonkey v1.1.14 bookmarks.html
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=44116
Spyware Doctor FP
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=44196
spywareinfo.trafficZ
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=44526
False positive: Firefox bookmark.htm removal
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=45406
sb s&d won't run
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=48436

[Redkola]

Hi

Thanks for the quick response.

I had my suspicions that it was a false detection by Spyware Doctor - they must be a bit slow in updating their database etc.

Cheers

Redkola

[kinos]

i nearly got caught out on this one,WOT alerted me before i entered.

that site should spybots hosts file off stopped me from trying to enter before WOT alerted me or not?

i have a issiue with webroots commication shield not passing through my firewall unless i boot into safe mode and immmunise from there,then reboot,not 100% sure if its a incompatibly issue with webroot and zone alarm.
last time i asked they pushed there firewall on me instead off telling me,and i dont like there firewall.

so i am not sure if i could go to a bad site that has been added to the hosts file,unless i try,i dont think i will know unless i did try to (not inc useing WOT),or do you have any suggestions?

(i have dissabled tea timmer btw if this has any impact)
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