Trojan in Spybot or False positive

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johnwrites

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The Hosts.sbs file is used by the Spybot Hosts file facility. Without that file if you go into:
  • Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Hosts file
You will notice that the following buttons are no longer active:
  • "Add Spybot S&D hosts list"
  • "Remove Spybot S&D hosts list"
I don't know if you will encounter any other problems with Spybot without that file. I suggest that you restore the file and report the problem to ewido.
 
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Thanks do you know if it is a false positive? I do not understand how Spybot could be infected and i cannot find much through Google I might just donload and install a clean copy of spybot

johnwrites
 
It is probably a false positive. It appears that there were several reported problems with not only Spybot but also with the scans of the HOSTS file. See:
Ewido found something new...
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132_7-0.html?forumID=32&messageID=1569703&threadID=139759

In that thread I didn’t notice any positive feed back from Ewido specifically about the Hosts.sbs file although Ewido indicated some of the problems were false positives:
''Pipeline'' and ''411'' / Ewido...says false positives..
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=139759&messageID=1570396

Report the problem to Ewido and send them the file to be sure.
 
Thanks for the link.I googled but did not find that. ewido have confirmed to me that it was a False ositive and they have now fixed it
Thanks again
Johnwrites
 
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