SettingsModifier:Win32/PossibleHostsFileHijack

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by NuMs1, Sep 23, 2010.

  1. NuMs1

    NuMs1 Private E-2

    Today I got a message from Windows Defender about SettingsModifier:Win32/PossibleHostsFileHijack while my computer was idle.

    I only ever use this computer for gaming and use Firefox with Noscript and Adblock so I'm not quite sure how I could have gotten infected, I'm fairly paranoid when it comes to viruses :S.

    When the message popped up I clicked the "perform action" button which I think repaired the file, should I have done that?
    Regardless I went through the steps below to check if whatever modified it in the first place is still around.

    I completed all the steps in this thread with no problems: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

    I am using Windows 7 Home 64 bit.
    I then went through this http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=139681.

    I was able to download and run SUPERAntiSpyware without any problems and nothing was detected.
    I already had Malwarebytes installed (not sure if this will affect anything). I ran it fine and nothing was detected.
    I didn't run Combofix or Rootreal as I use a 64bit OS.

    I was able to download and run MGtools without any problems and found nothing.

    My normal anti-virus program is Avast, I scanned with that and still found nothing.

    I've attached the logs just in case.

    Could this be a false positive since nothing was detected? What else should I do?
     

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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Your logs are clean. You are not having a hosts file hijacking. Make sure your definitions for Windows Defender are fully updated.
     

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