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sweed
2009-11-11, 03:13
Spybot recently detected two things that it can not remove.

1) Fraud. Windows Protection Suite 111 Entries Malware

2) Microsoft Windows, Redirected Hosts 104 Entries Security C

When I start the "Fix problems" a pop up window opens that says
(Cannot Create File "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\Hosts." Access is Denied)

I must click the "OK" button quite a few times to exit the program. Everything else is fixed.

What are these two Items? False Positives, Mal ware or what? And how do I fix this. My computer seems to be running fine. Avast, Spyhunter nor Malwarebytes pick up nothing even in the safe mode.

spybotsandra
2009-11-11, 12:58
Hello,

Please delete your old host file.
Where the hosts file is located depends on your Windows version.
Windows 2000/XP/NT: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
Windows 95/98: C:\windows\hosts

Then download a new host file on this site:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt

Copy the whole text.
Then create a new txt file on your desktop and name it hosts without any extensions.
Then paste the text into it and store the file at the same place like mentioned above.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

sweed
2009-11-11, 19:31
OK - but what is this stuff? And why has not my other tools removed or detected them. Also what will happen if I just let it stay and check to ignore them in the future?

spybotsandra
2009-11-12, 14:52
Hello,

This seems to be an infection, so I would not recommend to ignore it.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

sweed
2009-11-12, 17:15
I went to the host file as you directed and found quite a number of host files there. Which one am I to delete?

I know a lot, but I am not a computer guru. I think that I may need to do a bit of learning and research in order to accomplish this task. Is there a place I may go to and learn how to accomplish what needs to be done? I do not want to make things worse.

spybotsandra
2009-11-13, 14:13
Hello,

Please do not delete single entries in your host file.
Just delete your full host file which is named hosts.
Then download a new one like reommended above.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot