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xylophone
2006-06-29, 10:20
My Spybot scan results regularly throw up the following red entries:

Windows.RedirectedHosts: Redirected host (Redirected host, nothing done)
spycleaner.net=127.0.0.1

Windows.RedirectedHosts: Redirected host (Redirected host, nothing done)
www.spycleaner.net=127.0.0.1

Windows.RedirectedHosts: Redirected host (Redirected host, nothing done)
www.flash.net=127.0.0.1

which I get it to fix

I run XP, SB, Outpost Pro (system fully stealthed), Microsoft Antispyware, Spywareblaster, Adaware SE.

How can I prevent these entries recurring???

xylophone
2006-06-29, 10:21
Forgot to mention I also run NAV2005 and A2.

spybotsandra
2006-06-29, 11:00
Hello,

Which version of Spybot Search and Destroy do you run?
Do you have installed the latest updates?

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

xylophone
2006-06-29, 16:41
Thanks, Sandra. Should have mentioned this information. Sorry about that. I have SB 1.4.03 and update it religiously each day

md usa spybot fan
2006-06-29, 17:03
Xylophone:

Are you using the hpHosts file? If so see:
False Positives coming from hosts file
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=2855

How can I prevent these entries recurring???
See if you can get the entries removed from the hpHosts file:
hpguru's Official Hosts File Support Forum for hpHOSTS
General Hosts Discussions
http://www.hosts-file.net/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=4

xylophone
2006-06-29, 20:19
Yes, I use Xphosts.

None of the entries appear I complain about are in my hosts file. I do have an entry called spycleaner.gold.com, the only entry with the word spycleaner. I assume that is not connected. Is it???

At all events, the SB Forum link you mention says things have been tweaked so that Spycleaner is no longer a false positives problem.

This link does say flash. net is being redirected to Prodigy

So in respect of flash.net how so I stop that recurring???