host file redirecting.....

[damski]

Hi... i could do with a little help please 

My friends pc had a virus, i think it was called(internet security 2011)

so i ran malware bytes on it to remove it.... it found about 760 infections, i removed them and all looked well....

couple of days later i had to come back to it, because the internet was redirecting them and was sluggish...

so i ran spybot and it found the problem straight away.... it was in the host file!!

when i tried to remove the infections it was saying access denied or along them lines...

when i looked for the host file it wasnt there...

so i ran nosts xpert that found the file, but when clicked on make writeable nothing happened and it was in red!!

i can see the problem in notepad i just cant change it!!!

i would be very great full if some one could guide me through this one please....

i also have logs from spybot, hijack this and nosts xpert if it helps...

thank you 

[Allan]

Please follow the instructions in the following link and post your logs in the thread you create (NOT in this thread):
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html

[n3b]

What OS are you using? if you're using Windows Vista or 7, you have to turn off UAC before you can make edits to the host file.

[BC_Programmer]

if you're using Windows Vista or 7, you have to turn off UAC before you can make edits to the host file.

Since when?

You just have to run your editor as the administrator (notepad, or whatever)

[n3b]

even as the run as admin active, UAC will block you from editing the host file. I've done this on many vista and 7 machines, and they tended to have a rogue or something.

[patio]

No it wont...

[2x3i5x]

before we get too far off topic, has DANSKI been serviced yet at the malware dept?

[patio]

before we get too far off topic, has DANSKI been serviced yet at the malware dept?

No...he has yet to return.

[damski]

sorry because its my first post i got a little confused and started it again on a different tread...

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,115781.msg773131.html#msg773131

thank you....

[2x3i5x]

sorry because its my first post i got a little confused and started it again on a different tread...

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,115781.msg773131.html#msg773131

thank you....

I am glad somebody has taken to your issues