This has been asked before (Having found a question by another user here after being desperate enough to Google the above info in topic looking for help) and while I managed to find helpful links to useful programs and combat methods, this problem still persists.

Basically the reason I've gotten paranoid is that one particular game I play has ended up resulting in my account being accessed on two occasions, despite the frequent use of Spybot - Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware, AVG Free Edition - Virus Scanner, Zone Alarm and HiJack This.

No matter what I do, anytime I scan via AVG it still goes on about above mentioned "Error", never seeming to give any info about it or ways to fix it - Also, said folder doesn't exists at all to begin with.

I read online it can be altered and used / take form of a Worm / Keylogging and other such things, which is probably a likely reason / method used for accessing my accounts (Keylogging my passwords etc).

Spybot, Ad-Aware, HiJack this and other such programs pretty much otherwise only detect the usual cookies, or themselves, so they help but I'm sure they don't remove the problem.

Regarding the actual hosts // AVG message, I tried out all the links and programs listed here: Security News from the net: spyware fighter essentials

Includes: Updating Windows, VundoFix, ComboFix, SDFix, SmitfraudFix and, as mentioned in the thread leading to that page, had attempted to use HostsXpert program to create / remove / replace the AVG Mentioned Hosts File and write protect it so it couldn't be altered again - But still, despite this (And now having installed AVG Rootkit, AVG Spyware scanner, SUPERAntiSpyware and re-running pretty much any program I can) AVG still says there same old: C:Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts - "Result" Reading Error, "Status" Error thus convincing me I'll never be rid of this damn problem.

I have windows firewall up at all times along with ZoneAlarm and check using pretty much all possible programs any given moment, which is every few days, but every single time I run AVG it states the same thing.

I've tried online virus scans and they always say there's far more infected files, but of course the large majority never clean them and ask for payment, which I'm unable to do at this time.

Can anyone out there lend some form of assistance or advice? This is going to do my head in until I can find a way to sort it.

You will need to reset your host file to the default Microsoft configuration, To do that

Please download http://www.funkytoad.com/download/HostsXpert.zip


1. Unzip HostsXpert.zip
2. Double click on HostsXpert.exe
3. Then click on "Restore Original Hosts" to restore your Hosts file to its default condition..
4. Click on Make Hosts Read Only to secure it against further infection.
5. Close program when complete.

To be sure you computer is spyware free you need to run all Security News from the net: spyware fighter essentials.

That's the same answer the other guy received and if you had read my post, you'd see I had gone through every single thing in your post, the HostsXpert file and all the programs, and the sub-programs those links go to, and the problem still persists.

That's the reason I'm asking, I've done all the above and it hasn't fixed the problem.

Despite 'restoring it' and making it read-only, it still comes up as an error in AVG.

Also, I can't seem to get Java installed onto Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox despite going through all the damn 'help', security and other settings they ask you do alter.

Which means I cannot run online virus checkers listed in the above link.

Well this didn't help whatsoever...

Now I'm trying to reformat my C: Drive, which is causing even more stupid problems.

I'm having the same problem on an almost brand new system, running XP Home SP2 with Zone Alarm, AVG Free, and Spybot S&D. I've tried running HostsXpert, deleted the old host file and created a new read-only one, but scanning with AVG immediately gives the same warning as RopeDrink mentioned in his post.

I get C:Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts - "Result" Reading Error if the file is deleted, and "Result" Change if the file is there - new or old.

ANY help would be appreciated!

**The reason I'm worried is that I've recently been getting odd performance in only one of my long-played online games (an FPS shooter) in which my ping spikes to levels previously only seen while downloading on my connection. I don't get the lag issues at all playing other online games, which doesn't make sense at all. I'm worried that when I startup this particular game I've got a trojan starting up along with it.

Does anyone else think this May have been put there so we buy the FULL version of AVG7.5? I have got the same 'problem' and have tried all I can to resolve it, but am getting nowhere! Like the other people. Any other suggestions/ideas?
Regards,
Brancher888

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Originally Posted by RopeDrink

Basically the reason I've gotten paranoid is that one particular game I play has ended up resulting in my account being accessed on two occasions, despite the frequent use of Spybot - Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware, AVG Free Edition - Virus Scanner, Zone Alarm and HiJack This..

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CAn you give us more details on which game site . Are you accessing the site through internet explorer or Firefox. Also did you contact the admin of that gameing site

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No matter what I do, anytime I scan via AVG it still goes on about above mentioned "Error", never seeming to give any info about it or ways to fix it - Also, said folder doesn't exists at all to begin with.

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Does the online scans find anything?

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I read online it can be altered and used / take form of a Worm / Keylogging and other such things, which is probably a likely reason / method used for accessing my accounts (Keylogging my passwords etc)..

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The only other thing which could in rare case slealth themselves from the virus scans is a rootkit but I see you have already run the avg rootkit scanner
Run McAfee Rootkit Detective Beta

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Spybot, Ad-Aware, HiJack this and other such programs pretty much otherwise only detect the usual cookies, or themselves, so they help but I'm sure they don't remove the problem.

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The it is not a case of the normal varients of spyware or keyloggers. Spybot can detect 100000 types after it is updated.

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Includes: Updating Windows, VundoFix, ComboFix, SDFix, SmitfraudFix and, as mentioned in the thread leading to that page, had attempted to use HostsXpert program to create / remove / replace the AVG Mentioned Hosts File and write protect it so it couldn't be altered again -

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But still, despite this (And now having installed AVG Rootkit, AVG Spyware scanner, SUPERAntiSpyware and re-running pretty much any program I can) AVG still says there same old: C:Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts - "Result" Reading Error, "Status" Error thus convincing me I'll never be rid of this damn problem.

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This looks like an issue with either the avg install or the registery or disk issues

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I have windows firewall up at all times along with ZoneAlarm and check using pretty much all possible programs any given moment, which is every few days, but every single time I run AVG it states the same thing.

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Zone alarm also can write protect the host files which will prevent hostsxpert from reverting the file back to its original.

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I've tried online virus scans and they always say there's far more infected files, but of course the large majority never clean them and ask for payment, which I'm unable to do at this time.

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Which files do they detect?

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