FadeMind 2 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 File https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/extensions/social/hosts StevenBlack's Hosts extensions\social\hosts is detected as false positive Win32/Qhost trojan by ESET Smart Security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESET Moderators TomasP 316 Posted November 10, 2016 ESET Moderators Share Posted November 10, 2016 Hello,According to my information, the detection is correct, as the file restricts access to popular websites, what most people would evaluate as an unwanted behavior. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 5,074 Posted November 10, 2016 Administrators Share Posted November 10, 2016 A workaround could be excluding hosts file from scanning and switching HIPS to Smart mode so that you are prompted for an action if malware attempts to modify the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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