The new Beta of MS antispyware detects vx2 hijack and says
it is removing it, however, hosts file still get hijacked
when deleted. I tried all types of removal tools and was
hoping Microsoft had the answer.

ktwoyung wrote on 12-Jan-2005 10:29 AM:
> The new Beta of MS antispyware detects vx2 hijack and says
> it is removing it, however, hosts file still get hijacked
> when deleted. I tried all types of removal tools and was
> hoping Microsoft had the answer.

Try running MSAS from safe mode boot (F8 during Windows boot screen). If
that doesn't do it, download Ad-aware and their VX2 plugin. That will
remove VX2 running in normal Windows mode.

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Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security