hosts file error

[kinos]

when i scan with hostsman it`s reporting this line as a error;
if i fix the issiue all is ok until i add spybot and destroys hosts file then the error is back again.

127.0.0.1**-h-n7y15mc.firoli-sys.com

to two stars are represent squares (cant figure out how to insert the squares)


thanks for your time.

[Yodama]

It appears that hostman has an issue with this entry since the domain is beginning with a "-" which is very uncommon.
The entry that Spybot S&D makes is 127.0.0.1 for local host, followed by a tab and then the domain -h-n7y15mc.firoli-sys.com.
We will check to see if the domain is permanently down, if that is the case we will remove the entry for the time being.

[lewisje]

The squares are tab characters; I personally replace all tab-runs with single spaces.
Also (on a slightly related note), Spybot 2 doesn't appear to respect the old Registry entry telling Spybot to use some alternative IP address for redirection; I change it to 0.0.0.0 anyway but it would be more convenient to not need that manual step.

Also, as I intimated in the edit summary to this thread, valid DNS labels may not begin or end with a hyphen: http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/apa/names.html