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Windows 10: HOSTS file blocking telemetry is now flagged as a risk
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<blockquote data-quote="SeriousHoax" data-source="post: 897635" data-attributes="member: 78686"><p>This is something Kaspersky and Bitdefender have been doing for a long time now and maybe even some other AVs including probably F-Secure.</p><p>For Kaspersky, changing host files permission to "Read-only" after making changes makes it not detect anymore by Kaspersky but in case of Bitdefender, even after setting it to "Read-only" mode Bitdefender still detects and changes the host file to its default value.</p><p>I just checked WD. If the host file is modified after disabling Real time protection then after enabling WD don't detect any host file modifications.</p><p>Edit: It did when I tried to open the host file again after system restart. I also put Microsoft telemetry related hosts for the test. Btw, I have 3 entries in the host file related to Steam which are not detected by WD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeriousHoax, post: 897635, member: 78686"] This is something Kaspersky and Bitdefender have been doing for a long time now and maybe even some other AVs including probably F-Secure. For Kaspersky, changing host files permission to "Read-only" after making changes makes it not detect anymore by Kaspersky but in case of Bitdefender, even after setting it to "Read-only" mode Bitdefender still detects and changes the host file to its default value. I just checked WD. If the host file is modified after disabling Real time protection then after enabling WD don't detect any host file modifications. Edit: It did when I tried to open the host file again after system restart. I also put Microsoft telemetry related hosts for the test. Btw, I have 3 entries in the host file related to Steam which are not detected by WD. [/QUOTE]
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