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Hostblock malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Backdoor
Also known as:

[Other]Win32/Hostblock
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\1.hosts
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\hosts
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\1.hosts
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\hosts

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting Hostblock:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\1.hosts
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\hosts
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\1.hosts
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\etc\hosts

Removing Hostblock:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from Hostblock.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove Hostblock manually.

To completely manually remove Hostblock malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with Hostblock.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Hostblock process.
2. Delete the original Hostblock file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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