Hosts AVG detects this somewhat active Virus and its 3 known variants.

The most popular variants of Hosts are Hosts, Hosts, Hosts.dropper

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Hosts is a threat that is spreading. It is currently ranked 72 in the world for online threats. more ...

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THREAT DETECTIONS INDEX

Websites affected: 120
Host countries: 19
Victim countries: 57
Affected Operating Systems: All Windows OS

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22	VBS/Heur	0.40%
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27	JS/Psyme	0.24%
28	Exploit_c	0.22%
29	Dropper Generic	0.22%
30	Exploit	0.22%
31	Script Injection Redirect	0.21%
32	Downloader Generic	0.21%
33	Downloader Agent	0.19%
34	Win/Heur	0.19%
35	NeoSploit Exploit Kit	0.18%
36	Social Engineering	0.17%
37	Phoenix exploit kit	0.17%
38	Styx Exploit Pack	0.17%
39	Generic_c	0.15%
40	JS/Exploit	0.12%
41	Agent	0.12%
42	Rogue Scanner	0.12%
43	SHeur	0.12%
44	Link to Exploit Site	0.11%
45	JS/Downloader	0.10%
46	BackDoor Generic	0.10%
47	Generic_r	0.09%
48	Script/PDF	0.09%
49	Win/DHICVXTi	0.08%
50	PSW Generic	0.07%
51	Win/DH	0.07%
52	Script Injection	0.06%
53	Impact Exploit Kit	0.05%
54	Cryptic	0.05%
55	Exploit	0.05%
56	FakeAlert	0.05%
57	JS/Phish	0.03%
58	WebAttacker Exploit Kit	0.03%
59	Clicker	0.03%
60	YouTube Scam	0.03%
61	HackTool	0.03%
62	JS/ClickJack	0.03%
63	Gondad Exploit Kit	0.03%
64	Win/PolyCrypt	0.03%
65	Win/DH	0.02%
66	BackDoor Ircbot	0.02%
67	MLoader	0.02%
68	Downloader Banload	0.02%
69	SWF/Agent	0.02%
70	Downloader	0.02%
71	Win/DH	0.02%
72	Hosts	0.02%
73	JS/Tweet	0.02%
74	Startpage	0.02%
75	Worm/Generic	0.02%
76	Logger	0.02%
77	Inject	0.02%
78	Execute/Scremu	0.02%
79	Crypt	0.01%
80	FakeAV	0.01%
81	Crack	0.01%
82	Mirar	0.01%
83	MultiBundle	0.01%
84	Win/DHICVXTg	0.01%
85	MDAC ActiveX code execution	0.01%
86	Script/Generic	0.01%
87	Win/DH	0.01%
88	PSW Banker	0.01%
89	Downloader Generic_c	0.01%
90	PHP/BackDoor	0.01%
91	JS/Pakes	0.01%
92	Downloader NSIS	0.01%
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94	Skintrim	0.01%
95	Worm/AutoRun	0.01%
96	Agent_r	0.01%
97	MDAC launcher	0.01%
98	MSIL	0.01%
99	Win/Heri	0.01%
100	Proxy	0.01%

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Hosts AVG detects this somewhat active Virus and its 3 known variants.

Statistics summary

How can I remove Hosts?