spy bot question

hi all

i got a question i just ran spybot and i got a rather odd result

it said

Common hijacker: Redirected host
auto.search.msn.com=127.0.0.1

and to the right there is an image of what looks like pipes ans it says Redirected host

how ever this is grayed out and i cant get any info on it or deleat it/fix it and i was just wonderin what the hell this is i dont like having miterious things on my system that i cant get rid of and this is the first time this has shown up

is this just picking up somthing on my host file ??

 

Hi Bethrezen,
Do you run also Spyblocker?

 

I got the same thing when I ran mine. It had a different number though. I thought it was odd.

 

I just started trying out Sygate personal firewall again last night and even though it doesn't have the ad blocking features. it has one awesome backtrace and whois feature. That features ease of use almost blew my socks off
It defenitly has a much better default block DLL list than say Outpost,
Which I have been strong user of.
For the exact reason you are speaking of here, a program like Sygate
personal firewall works great. It is much easier to use than some of my other Whois aplications. If you try this one out and agree OR dissagree, please post at this thread.

 

Hello,

No worry : the autor asked to me to include in the new version my updated Hosts file which contains this address from BannerNetwork/Linkexchange.

When using my hosts file (must be in the right directory according to your OS,
you don't see those advertisments

If you want to remove it : go to :

x:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.1\Includes\Hosts.sbs
Open it with a txt editor (Notepad or other)
look for the line :127.0.0.1 auto.search.msn.com and suppress it : you will not have the info when running SB afterwards.

Rgds,

JacK

 

Right, I'm using that hosts file

A bugfix for Spybot-S&D 1.1 will soon be available that won't detect any redirects to the localhost (0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.*).

And I guess I need to give that hosts file a few more looks; can't see any harm in that MS page yet

 

Controller,I have Sygate Personal Firewall also.I agree 100% about the back-trace and whois features.It's extremely easy to use and fairly fast.Sygate did a great job on those features!

 

Hi

According to S. Martin who maintains a great hosts file, contains a add server (affiliated to BannerNetwork/Linkexchange).
The main aim of my hosts file (compiled from the best available hosts files on the W3, Spyblocker's and different independant contributors') is preventing
spywares, banner adds and tracking sites. That's why
Feel free to suppress any site at your best convenience.
You'll get the next update file next week. (some more and some less new entries according to the policies of the sites)

Rgds,