Running Vista SP1 on a HP notebook.

When I run a netstat I see ENTRIES for 007guard.com directed to 127.0.0.1. In my HOSTS file I see SEVERAL entries added by Spybot - Search & Destroy for this domain. Should I be concerned about 007guard on my PC or are these entries in the hosts file enough to prevent 007guard from causing any mischief?

AVG AV, Spybot S&D, and Windows Defender scans all come up as clean. Although, a week ago Windows Defender did alert me to a program that had modified the hosts file, but it was right after I updated Spybot S&D. I let Defender remove whatever it found.

Thank you in advance for any insights regarding 007guard and/or the effectiveness of Spybot S&D's entries in my hosts file.No you shouldn't be concerned. That is normal with Spybot.Thanks, should I be concerned if there are about 15 to 20 instances of 007guard.com every time I run a netstat? I realize that it is being redirected to 127.0.0.1, but should it be allowed to remain on my PC or does it need to be removed? I'm not familiar with netstat but 127.0.0.1 is the standard IP address used for a loopback network connection so is safe. See here http://what-is-what.com/what_is/127.0.0.1.htmlAlso see this FAQ about Spybots Immunize which is what adds the 007guard and other entries to your Hosts file. http://www.it.northwestern.edu/security/spyware/win-spybot-immunize.html

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* If you don't know what ActiveX controls are, see hereQuote from: evilfantasy on March 31, 2009, 11:29:24 AM

I'm not familiar with netstat but 127.0.0.1 is the standard IP address used for a loopback network connection so is safe.