AVG Error Message- Reading Error c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
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From: ICU on 9 Jan 2007 17:33 David H. Lipman or anyone else: A couple of days, in a reply to fred_7038(a)yahoo.com about a error problem that he was having with installing AVG, you(David H. Lipman) suggested he look in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for two files KERNEL32.DLL and SHELL32.DLL to see if they had been changes. Today after running AVG (free) I got a message in the test results that said "reading error c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" . No other problems were noted, no virus detected. When I looked in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, neither of the two files you mentioned were present, folder was comletely empty. You also mentioned to fred_7038(a)yahoo.com to check his java verson to see if it was up todate...I don't have java installed. I use Firefox 2.0, this I mention because at the Java site you posted it doesn't refer to FireFox 2 only 1.5 , I think I'm correct on that.(G) My question is about the two *.DLL files that apparently are missing and the read error for the folder that you say they should be in? Any help on this would be appreciated. ICU
From: David H. Lipman on 9 Jan 2007 17:40 From: "ICU" <ICU(a)Nowhere.com> | | David H. Lipman or anyone else: | A couple of days, in a reply to fred_7038(a)yahoo.com about a error problem | that he was having with installing AVG, you(David H. Lipman) suggested he | look in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for two files KERNEL32.DLL | and SHELL32.DLL to see if they had been changes. | | Today after running AVG (free) I got a message in the test results that | said "reading error c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" . | | No other problems were noted, no virus detected. | | When I looked in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, neither of the | two files you mentioned were present, folder was comletely empty. | | You also mentioned to fred_7038(a)yahoo.com to check his java verson to see | if it was up todate...I don't have java installed. | | I use Firefox 2.0, this I mention because at the Java site you posted it | doesn't refer to FireFox 2 only 1.5 , I think I'm correct on that.(G) | | My question is about the two *.DLL files that apparently are missing and | the read error for the folder that you say they should be in? | | Any help on this would be appreciated. | | ICU | Forget about the DLL files. That's the OTHER person's situation. Look to see if the Hosts files has actually changed... notepad C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts I mentioned Sun Java in my reply becuase of all the bugs and vulnerabuilities that have been noted in that software which can lead to a malware infection. It was mentioned becuase mitigation of vulnerabilities that are actively exploited is just important as removing malware. FireFox 2.0 is fully compatible with Java v6 The Secunia Software Inspector is one way to check if there are vulnerable versions of software on the computer. http://secunia.com/software_inspector BTW: The above is a java applet. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
From: ICU on 9 Jan 2007 17:56 ICU <ICU(a)Nowhere.com> wrote in news:Xns98B3B2AEB61F5ICU(a)208.49.80.60: > > David H. Lipman or anyone else: > A couple of days, in a reply to fred_7038(a)yahoo.com about a error > problem that he was having with installing AVG, you(David H. Lipman) > suggested he look in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for two > files KERNEL32.DLL and SHELL32.DLL to see if they had been changes. > > Today after running AVG (free) I got a message in the test results > that said "reading error c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" . > > No other problems were noted, no virus detected. > > When I looked in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, neither of the > two files you mentioned were present, folder was comletely empty. > > You also mentioned to fred_7038(a)yahoo.com to check his java verson to > see if it was up todate...I don't have java installed. > > I use Firefox 2.0, this I mention because at the Java site you posted > it doesn't refer to FireFox 2 only 1.5 , I think I'm correct on > that.(G) > > My question is about the two *.DLL files that apparently are missing > and the read error for the folder that you say they should be in? > > Any help on this would be appreciated. > > ICU Just to be clear about the error reading message about c:\windows \system32\drivers\etc\hosts. There are no files to check showing in the Hosts folder. TIA ICU
From: David H. Lipman on 9 Jan 2007 18:12 From: "ICU" <ICU(a)Nowhere.com> | Just to be clear about the error reading message about c:\windows | \system32\drivers\etc\hosts. There are no files to check showing in the | Hosts folder. | | TIA | | ICU Then there isn't a problem if there is NO hosts file. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
From: ICU on 9 Jan 2007 18:23
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in news:SjVoh.15120 $rz3.1907(a)trnddc03: > From: "ICU" <ICU(a)Nowhere.com> > > >| Just to be clear about the error reading message about c:\windows >| \system32\drivers\etc\hosts. There are no files to check showing in the >| Hosts folder. >| >| TIA >| >| ICU > > Then there isn't a problem if there is NO hosts file. > So is it a AVG (Free antivirus) bug saying there is an error reading that folder? Today is the first time that error showed up after the daily scan. Sorry for all the questions, but your replies are much appreciated. TIA ICU |