HOSTS file

[snafu]

Does Spybot compile a list of bad sites in the windows HOSTS file?

In addition to Spybot I also run "Trojan Remover". They've both worked happily for as long as I can remember but today (after an update) I have an alert off that app about "malicious entries in the hosts file"

Having looked at my hosts file in notepad those entries have allegedly been made by Spybot, so I'm wondering if its a false positive from "Trojan Remover" (www.simplysup.com) or whether I have actually been compromised somehow.

[Zenobia]

Yes,it does when you Immunize,to help protect your computer.There's more of an explanation here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/d...hostsfile.html

Any entries added to hosts by Spybot are in between these comments:
# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
# This list is Copyright 2000-2008 Safer Networking Limited
# End of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy

And have the 127.0.0.1 in front of them,as you probably noticed when you looked in notepad.:
# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
127.0.0.1 007guard.com
127.0.0.1 008i.com

↑Listed the above two,just as an example.↑

[snafu]

Ah thanks. Thats exactly what I have. It looks like the last update to "Trojan Remover" has meant that it gets the wrong idea about all those entries then.

Thanks for confirming what I already suspected.

[Zenobia]

You're welcome.

[Oslad]

Hi,
i'm looking for the "Hosts" file in Windows 7 but it's no more at
"C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts", like it was on other Win versions.

Could please somebody explain me where do i find the similar file in $even ?
Thanx by advance.

[Lifeblood]

Hello,

I have added Spybot's list of bad websites my hosts file.

I noticed that there are many double entries such as

127.0.0.1 www.70-music.com
127.0.0.1 70-music.com

My questions are....

1. What is the reason for these double entries?
2. Are these double entries nessesary?
3. Can I delete all of the entries with "www." and still be protected properly?

It seems to me that all of the entries with "www." in front of them are just unnessesarily adding to the size, of the already too big, hosts file, but I could be wrong.

I'm trying to make my hosts file as small as possible, without sacrificing security, in order to speed up connection times.

Thanks,

Lifeblood

[Zenobia]

Hi,
i'm looking for the "Hosts" file in Windows 7 but it's no more at
"C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts", like it was on other Win versions.

Could please somebody explain me where do i find the similar file in $even ?
Thanx by advance.

Try showing hidden Files and Folders temporarily,then you should see the Hosts file in it's normal location:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial151.html

[Oslad]

Hi.

Try showing hidden Files and Folders temporarily,then you should see the Hosts file in it's normal location

Thank You very much, but,
I'm using Total Commander instead of Window$ file manager. I can see all hidden files and directories.
There is no ..\ETC directory in my ..\Windows\..

A search for "Hosts" in c:\windows have only one successful found at:
c:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..nfrastructure-other_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_6079f415110c0210\
But it is empty (or just with an example, like always was).

I'm just curious to know where are the entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy in Seven.
Thanx.

[Oslad]

I'm just curious to know where are the entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy in Seven.

OK, got it. It's very well hidden.

[Zenobia]

Glad you found it.