Am on Windows 2000 and HJT detects modified hosts file.

File is located at c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc but is not visible in Windows Explorer even with option to display system and hidden files.

I open a cmd window and navigate to the subdirectory and am able to see it with the DOS attrib command with attributes SHR set. Am unable to remove the attributes using ATTRIB -S -H -R hosts. Access is denied.

Any suggestions?