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    Default SpyBot can't delete files

    Spy Bot can't complete cleaning up stuff that it found. When I click on "Fix selected problems" it returns with an error that it can't access file "host" (windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts).



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    Good morning,

    which kind of Malware does Spybot find exactly?
    Best regards - Beste Grüße,

    Matt

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    Unhappy Can't Fix Problems

    I have a similar problem. I run the scan, and it finds problems, and then I click on fix problems, and it gives me an error message:Unexpected error in fixing prolems.(cannot create file "C:\WINDOWS\System 32\drivers\etc\hosts" Access denied.

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    Hello,

    Please delete your old host file.
    Where the hosts file is located depends on your Windows version.
    Windows 2000/XP/NT: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
    Windows 95/98: C:\windows\hosts

    Then download a new host file from this site.

    This is how to do it:
    Create a new txt file with notepad on your desktop.
    Name it hosts. Then right click and choose rename.
    Now remove the .txt so that you have a file without any extensions, just named hosts.
    Then go to this site.
    Mark the whole text. Then copy the whole text.
    Open your new hosts file and insert the copied text here.
    Save the file.
    Now move the file by copy and paste to:
    C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

    Best regards
    Sandra
    Team Spybot

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