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Avast does not control the file hosts C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts !!!!
« on: January 11, 2011, 06:23:22 PM »
Avast does not control the file hosts C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Offered! Avast should control the hosts file. It is also required to recover, if the file hosts has been modified virus!!!
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Re: Avast does not control the file hosts C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts !!!!
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 06:53:47 PM »
Welcome to the Forum AlexM,
There are many programs that watch and notify you if there is a change
made to you host file.
WinPatrol among other things also watches and notifies you of such activity.
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Re: Avast does not control the file hosts C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts !!!!
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2011, 07:06:49 PM »
Looked down at my tray. Scotty is on Patrol.
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Re: Avast does not control the file hosts C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts !!!!
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2011, 07:08:58 PM »
Doesn't Windows Defender do this as well? I remember getting a popup ages ago...

That being said, I think Winpatrol is the way to go, I only recently tried it and now have it installed on my computer :)
(Funny, Scotty is a name I respond to...naturally ;D)
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