And... No Solutions??

Just check the read only property of the host file.

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

5hano19

@5hano19

just red about your post. something happen similar to your post.. problem already solved?. ^_^
how? ty.

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Originally Posted by coachcj

I have a virus in C:\\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts I'm using AVG free edition. I've put the file in the virus vault, it says it's possible to heal the file except that there isn't enough info to do so. Any ideas of what I should do?

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I think that file is not a virus.
And even deleting all the content of the host file does nothing to your computer because the content only gives you some comments what it is and how to use it.