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    Default ?Possible False Positive? - Redirected Host File

    One listed problem which was displayed in red was "Microsoft Windows.Redirected Hosts" (see below).
    However, as I use the Spybot HOST tool with each new update, I wonder if this could be a mistake or some sort of conflict? I am reluctant to allow Spybot to correct the problem. Can someone with more knowledge about this possibly advise. Thanks.

    Redirected host
    www.net-integration.net=127.0.0.1

    Redirected host
    net-integration.net=127.0.0.1

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    The Spybot HOSTS file is adding the following two (2) entries to the HOSTS file:

    And then the scan is detecting those entries as Redirected host entries:

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    Microsoft.Windows.RedirectedHosts: Redirected host (Redirected host, nothing done)
      net-integration.net=127.0.0.1
    
    Microsoft.Windows.RedirectedHosts: Redirected host (Redirected host, nothing done)
      www.net-integration.net=127.0.0.1
    Last edited by md usa spybot fan; 2007-05-20 at 23:31.

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    hi,

    yes there is a false positive. The hosts file is correct: net-integration is supposed to get blocked, since they sell Spybot S&D without license.

    The false positive is the flagging and removal of the the blocked net-integration sites. We will correct this with the next update.

    Thanks for reporting.
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    Thanks for the replies. At present time I'll NOT proceed to have Spybot correct the problem and wait for the next update. Regards.

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    This is still getting detected as a problem with the 23/05/07 updates.
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    I confirm FAUST's report:

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    --- Report generated: 2007-05-23 09:03 ---
    
    Microsoft.Windows.RedirectedHosts: Redirected host (Redirected host, nothing done)
      net-integration.net=127.0.0.1
    
    Microsoft.Windows.RedirectedHosts: Redirected host (Redirected host, nothing done)
      www.net-integration.net=127.0.0.1

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    I will show Yodama.
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    Hi. I don't quite understand why net-integration.net is blocked just because it possibly has an unhappy business relationship with Safer Networking. I thought restricted sites placement in IE was intended only if it was a bad site for illegal or damaging reasons, such as extreme pornography and gambling, exploits, dubious downloads etc. That site passes testing by both LinkScanner Pro and Site Advisor and therefore is not a bad site per se: I have no particular axe to grind as I'd never heard of that company before.
    If I am missing something obvious, please enlighten me.

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    hi,

    thanks for reporting, looks like we forgot to upload the new security.sbi
    we are going to correct this soon


    @greenhatch
    the issue with net-integration is that they actually sell Spybot S&D without having a license for that. We just found out about that recently , and before we had no reason to block the site and unblocked (security.sbi) it instead.
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    The false positive appears to have been corrected with the following update:
    • Detection rules: Security - !Updated base security exploit detections (8 KB) - 2007-05-24

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