I have been running Ad-aware scans and it found 3 items that is called hostfile entries. It says that they are removed and to reboot but upon restarting and re-running the scan the same items are found. Not sure if the items are bad? How can I locate them on the computer? Why do the items keep getting detected after re-start/re-boot if they were already removed by Ad-Aware? How should I handle the items and also Ad-Aware? I do keep adaware up to date. Below is a sample of the usual results I keep getting.
Logfile created: 10/19/2009 17:28:14
Lavasoft Ad-Aware version: 8.1.0
******************************** Scan results: *********************************
Scan profile name: Full Scan (ID: full)
Objects scanned: 111373
Objects detected: 3
Removed items:
Description: adserv.iafrica.com(127.0.0.1) @ 187 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Engine: 1 Clean status: Reboot required Item ID: 53624 Family ID: 560
Description: ads.mcafee.com(127.0.0.1) @ 403 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Engine: 1 Clean status: Reboot required Item ID: 53878 Family ID: 560
Description: ads.gameanswers.com(127.0.0.1) @ 441 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Engine: 1 Clean status: Reboot required Item ID: 619919 Family ID: 560
Scan and cleaning complete: Finished correctly after 4921 seconds