HOSTS file Hacked/ need replacement

[cursal]

So I got a nasty Trojan installed form some video site off blogger. I don;t have the URL anymore , wish I did.

My PC got infected bad with this self duplicating, random .dll install of this Trojan each time I booted my PC.

After several days and the good ppl of geekstogo I have almost got this sucker out of my system and a much healthier and safer PC to boot (pun intented )

But Somewhere along the process my HOSTS file got very screwy and I could no longer see YPN and G ads, also Namedrive, Traffic Club and many more all return incomplete pages or no pages at all when visiting the URL.

I had to gointo my HOSTS FILE and do some manual editing so I could see G and YPN at lease (thank you to those at WMW)

If you are running Windows, check yout hosts file in windows/system32/drivers/etc It's HOSTS - no extension. Edit it with a text editor (or one of the easliy downloadable utilities to edit the hosts file). You may well find that adsense is added to it, and windows won't show any adsense. Just search for adsense and delete any entries containing it. Save the hosts as read only after you have done.

# [Google inc][Restricted Zone site]
127.0.0.1 adwords.google.com
127.0.0.1 pagead.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 adservices.google.com
127.0.0.1 www.googleadservices.com
Deleted these entries and WALAAA! I can see ADS!
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And for YPN use/delete

127.0.0.1 ypn-js.overture.com [more text might be here]

Basically I'm looking for a HOSTS file that has most of the "bad/highrisk" sites listed, but not general ad serving sites.

Or a link to a tutorial on HOSTS files and building/re-building them.
I have done a search on G, but nothing really helped me.

Anybody have experience with this and like to share.

[Daem0n]

You should just get a virus scanner that prevents editing of the HOSTS file. I think AVG has an active protector for such a thing.

[AlienGG]

just set the privilege to deny all writing operations.

[namestrands]

your host file should look like

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost

[cursal]

I have everything updated from firewall,Anti-Spyware, and Anti-Virus.
System is clean and secure. Backups set, etc.


Daem0n: yes AVG has good free products, also check out ZoneAlarm or Comodo for a good free Firewall

Thank You namestrands, that worked.