Apparently SpyBot is now also un-immunizing dudu.com. This unexplained removal of items from the HOSTS file is highly suspicious. It makes one wonder if they are removing them because they get...
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Apparently SpyBot is now also un-immunizing dudu.com. This unexplained removal of items from the HOSTS file is highly suspicious. It makes one wonder if they are removing them because they get...
That is absolutely the wrong design and the wrong thing to do. The HOSTS file does not belong to Spybot; it is a shared, system file that is accessible and modifiable by other applications, so...
Except that the entries in question were not between those lines. In fact, I always strip those lines after an update (or any change to the HOSTS file), then sort the anti-phishing/etc. lines, and...
I just performed an update to SpybotSnD and noticed that in addition to adding a bunch of items to my HOSTS file, it actually removed the following items:
andromedical.com
mp3musicdirect.com...