Devs - Please,
please, put something in to ask us if we want the hosts file tampered with.
I know many people don't know what the hosts file is, or even if they have one, but for those of us who use it as a defense it is
seriously annoying to find that it has just been raped and various addresses removed, even when we have the file set as
"READ ONLY"!
And then to find Avast! also attacking our backup copy when we go to repair the damage is taking "friendly fire"
too far.
If we're going to monitor the hosts file, at least teach Avast! that 127.0.0.1 is a
safe place!
Gordon.