Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups" (a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:48:25 -0500
"Host File Hijacking by Malware
Some malware tries to use the hosts file by altering it so that some
well-known addresses are directed to the wrong place. Thus, instead of
going to microsoft.com, you might end up on a cleverly faked phishing
site. A number of programs will warn you if something tries to alter
your hosts file. I like WinPatrol. It has many other functions as well.
References
mvps.org Host files FAQ Castle Cops Wikipedia Download MVPS Hosts file
Gorilla Design version of Hosts Spyware entries in Hosts file
Ad-blocking hosts file Blocking sites with the Hosts file WinPatrol "
Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> Interesting you mention a Wiki URL, here's where it talks about
> malware modifying the hosts file:
> http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Blocking_Malware_and_Advertisements_Safely
> So it is indeed "possible", but I don't see the point of it
> because why would malware want to PREVENT you from getting
> online? Unless it's just "annoying" malware, because if you
> can't get online to websites, then the malware can't exploit
> the PC. It's just not "lucrative" for malware to have that
> kind of agenda, but that of course doesn't mean it doesn't
> exist, it just doesn't make sense.....but then again a lot of
> malware doesn't make sense.
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