Solve : A infection in WINDOWS folder?

1.	Solve : A infection in WINDOWS folder?
Answer» Hi, i have an infection located at C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc\hosts is it safe to look in the FOLDER and simply delete it as its in a sensitive area or will this brake my PC even more? thnxWhy can't you use antivirus software to remove the virus? If you don't have any get AVG free here: http://www.download.com/3000-2239_4-10703202.html Scan for viruses in safe mode (keep pressing F8 while your computer is booting up, a menu will come up, choose "Safe Mode") Could a mod please move this topic to the computer viruses and spyware board?i have AVG but it only finds it and never deletes it, so everytime i re-scan it finds the same problemthe hosts file is an essential windows file. The good news is that it is probably not infected since it's just a text file. Virus or spyware MIGHT have modified the file though. Could you please open the hosts file in notepad and post the content of it here.Quote from: ras90 on August 16, 2007, 02:55:59 PM i have AVG but it only finds it and never deletes it, so everytime i re-scan it finds the same problem This is normal. AVG logs changes made it certain files. There's about a 95% chance that you have nothing to worry about, but to be on the safe side, go ahead and post the contents like Deerpark requested.i have good news and bad news. Good news:do what deerpark said. Bad news:your computer might lost os and boot with nothing. My friends laptop does that now and he BLAMES IE7, what a noob.Quote from: Amrykid on August 16, 2007, 06:43:01 PM i have good news and bad news. Good news:do what deerpark said. Bad news:your computer might lost os and boot with nothing. My friends laptop does that now and he blames IE7, what a noob. What's this supposed to mean ? ?I'd like to know that too because it makes no sense.Apparently a changed hosts file means you don't have an OS anymore. It's a miracle my computer's been running this whole time!Not exactly guys, glow2:selling 500 bow strings 50k any file in windows\* and windows its self are critical to the os so it maybe a errorQuote Not exactly guys, glow2:selling 500 bow strings 50k any file in windows\* and windows its self are critical to the os so it maybe a error I'm not even going to try to understand what you just said. Let's just wait around for the OP to give US an update.Quote from: Amrykid on August 16, 2007, 07:33:02 PM glow2:selling 500 bow strings 50k Stop PLAYING runescape! It's like the most retarded game ever EWAmrykid you obviously have no clue about what the hosts file do. So how about you stop scaring the OP Quote from: Amrykid on August 16, 2007, 06:43:01 PM Bad news:your computer might lost os and boot with nothing. and sit back... you might learn something.

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Hi, i have an infection located at C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
is it safe to look in the FOLDER and simply delete it as its in a sensitive area or will this brake my PC even more? thnxWhy can't you use antivirus software to remove the virus? If you don't have any get AVG free here:
http://www.download.com/3000-2239_4-10703202.html
Scan for viruses in safe mode (keep pressing F8 while your computer is booting up, a menu will come up, choose "Safe Mode")
Could a mod please move this topic to the computer viruses and spyware board?i have AVG but it only finds it and never deletes it, so everytime i re-scan it finds the same problemthe hosts file is an essential windows file.
The good news is that it is probably not infected since it's just a text file. Virus or spyware MIGHT have modified the file though.
Could you please open the hosts file in notepad and post the content of it here.Quote from: ras90 on August 16, 2007, 02:55:59 PM

i have AVG but it only finds it and never deletes it, so everytime i re-scan it finds the same problem

This is normal. AVG logs changes made it certain files. There's about a 95% chance that you have nothing to worry about, but to be on the safe side, go ahead and post the contents like Deerpark requested.i have good news and bad news.
Good news:do what deerpark said.
Bad news:your computer might lost os and boot with nothing.
My friends laptop does that now and he BLAMES IE7, what a noob.Quote from: Amrykid on August 16, 2007, 06:43:01 PM

i have good news and bad news.
Good news:do what deerpark said.
Bad news:your computer might lost os and boot with nothing.
My friends laptop does that now and he blames IE7, what a noob.

What's this supposed to mean ? ?I'd like to know that too because it makes no sense.Apparently a changed hosts file means you don't have an OS anymore. It's a miracle my computer's been running this whole time!Not exactly guys, glow2:selling 500 bow strings 50k
any file in windows\* and windows its self are critical to the os so it maybe a errorQuote

Not exactly guys, glow2:selling 500 bow strings 50k
any file in windows\* and windows its self are critical to the os so it maybe a error

I'm not even going to try to understand what you just said. Let's just wait around for the OP to give US an update.Quote from: Amrykid on August 16, 2007, 07:33:02 PM

glow2:selling 500 bow strings 50k

Stop PLAYING runescape! It's like the most retarded game ever EWAmrykid you obviously have no clue about what the hosts file do. So how about you stop scaring the OP
Quote from: Amrykid on August 16, 2007, 06:43:01 PM

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