Guest Faz Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Hi I have following entries in my XP OS host file. I have removed these entries and rebooted the system however after the reboot these entries have appeared again in the host file. I have scanned my system and cannot find any virus. Can any one provide me some information about these entries? How to remove them permanently? I am worried that someone has hacked my system or monitoring my computer. 127.0.0.1 208.67.70.3 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.167 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.205 127.0.0.1 88.255.90.60 127.0.0.1 opal.spod.org 127.0.0.1 sendspace.com 127.0.0.1 ad1.ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 ad2.ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 193.165.167.2 127.0.0.1 152.66.249.135 Thanks in advance.
Guest ju.c Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Re: Host file entries Those are blocked, not hijacked. Got Spybot installed? ju.c "Faz" <fslpso@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7c05679b-76b3-41ea-b4c1-b0649af47047@r38g2000prr.googlegroups.com... > Hi > > I have following entries in my XP OS host file. I have removed these > entries and rebooted the system however after the reboot these entries > have appeared again in the host file. > > I have scanned my system and cannot find any virus. Can any one > provide me some information about these entries? How to remove them > permanently? I am worried that someone has hacked my system or > monitoring my computer. > > 127.0.0.1 208.67.70.3 > 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.167 > 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.205 > 127.0.0.1 88.255.90.60 > 127.0.0.1 opal.spod.org > 127.0.0.1 sendspace.com > 127.0.0.1 ad1.ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 ad2.ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 193.165.167.2 > 127.0.0.1 152.66.249.135 > > > > Thanks in advance.
Guest VanguardLH Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Re: Host file entries Faz wrote: > Hi > > I have following entries in my XP OS host file. I have removed these > entries and rebooted the system however after the reboot these entries > have appeared again in the host file. > > I have scanned my system and cannot find any virus. Can any one > provide me some information about these entries? How to remove them > permanently? I am worried that someone has hacked my system or > monitoring my computer. > > 127.0.0.1 208.67.70.3 > 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.167 > 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.205 > 127.0.0.1 88.255.90.60 > 127.0.0.1 opal.spod.org > 127.0.0.1 sendspace.com > 127.0.0.1 ad1.ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 ad2.ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 193.165.167.2 > 127.0.0.1 152.66.249.135 > > Thanks in advance. More likely you don't understand the security software you installed (anti-malware, anti-spam, ad-blocking). The entries look like those used to block advertisements. Check your ad-blocking software. Some security software will protect against unauthorized changes. If it doesn't prompt you when you make the changes (or when it detects that a process is attempting to make the changes), you'll have to disable that feature in that security software, make your changes, and then reenable that protection feature (if you still want it).
Guest witan Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Re: Host file entries On Oct 9, 6:17 pm, Faz <fsl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have following entries in my XP OS host file. I have removed these > entries and rebooted the system however after the reboot these entries > have appeared again in the host file. > > I have scanned my system and cannot find any virus. Can any one > provide me some information about these entries? How to remove them > permanently? I am worried that someone has hacked my system or > monitoring my computer. > > 127.0.0.1 208.67.70.3 > 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.167 > 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.205 > 127.0.0.1 88.255.90.60 > 127.0.0.1 opal.spod.org > 127.0.0.1 sendspace.com > 127.0.0.1 ad1.ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 ad2.ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 ny.yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 yieldmanager.com > 127.0.0.1 193.165.167.2 > 127.0.0.1 152.66.249.135 > > Thanks in advance. Adding to the two other comments:"127.0.0.1" is the "address" of the "local host". The entries that you saw and tried to remove are actually blocking access to the URLs that are on the right-hand side of "127.0.0.1", by redirecting them to the "local host", i.e., your own computer.
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