Windows 10: Is it safe to remove spybot s&d entries from hosts file? URGENT

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  1. THOMAS WALKER3
    Thomas walker3 Win User

    Is it safe to remove spybot s&d entries from hosts file? URGENT


    I’ve been having an issue where programs like steam or nvidia GeForce experience connecting to the internet for updates causes the network activity page in resource monitor to display the ip as “007guard” after some looking apparently this is caused by my previous instillation and removal of Spybot S&D, an anti malware program I installed long ago. These entries have shown up in resource manager multiple times and haven’t done anything malicious yet, but looking this up I found out spybot modified the hosts file in system32\drivers\etc the entries are all for random malicious sounding webs

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    Thomas walker3, Jul 15, 2023
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  2. LOPEDOGGIE
    lopedoggie Win User

    Blocking sites with Hosts File


    SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY: Spybot - Search Antivirus Software can/will white list and create an extensive (really extensive) host file block list if you want to try that. Norton Internet Security has a safe net function that can put a pretty good lock down of the bad stuff for kids. You ultimately got to watch what they are doing as generic words for porn, splash ads etc. and what can get through the firewall is not 100 percent guaranteed by anything.
     
    lopedoggie, Jul 15, 2023
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  3. SAMURIA
    Samuria Win User
    SpyBot

    Spybot is old and can give massive problems as it can add thousands of entries to the host file
     
    Samuria, Jul 15, 2023
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  4. THEBLUEBUMBLEBEE
    thebluebumblebee Win User

    Is it safe to remove spybot s&d entries from hosts file? URGENT

    Weird DNS problems

    SpybotS&D has inserted a huge list of domain names but they are all 127.0.0.1
     
    thebluebumblebee, Jul 15, 2023
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