Warning from Rapport Trusteer


  1. Posts : 394
    Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    Warning from Rapport Trusteer


    The above is protection which banks urge their customers to use.

    Having installed it to my computer (Win7 Home Premium 64 bit) it warned me that the hosts file was readable. What is significance?

    I have tried to locate the hosts file, but even the tutorial doesn't seem to help, though I note it deals with 32 bit installations. A microsoft help leads me to C:\..........\drivers\etc but Hosts is not listed.

    What am I doing wrong?

    Once I get it right I recall that at one time MVPS Hosts was recommended over the default one. Is it still?
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  2. Posts : 759
    W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation)
       #2

    hi !

    sorry, i don´t understand the question about "readable" hosts-file.

    by "MVPS Hosts" do you mean the hosts-file from Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File ?
    if so, then yes of course, that hosts-file is recommended.
    the default hosts-file is (almost) empty, it doesn´t block any "bad" sites...
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  3. Posts : 394
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    In re "readable hosts file", it was what Trusteer warned me about the file's status. That mystified me too. I'll do some more digging to find what they mean

    MVPS, yes that's the one.

    Does your comment about the default hosts also supply the reason why I cannot locate it having followed C:\........ \SysWOW64\drivers\etc.? Then where is it?
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  4. Posts : 8,608
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
       #4

    The "hosts" file is typically located at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc. The file name is "hosts". Notice that it has no file extension.

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       #5

    hackerman1 said:
    hi !

    sorry, i don´t understand the question about "readable" hosts-file.

    -----
    the default hosts-file is (almost) empty, it doesn´t block any "bad" sites...
    They meant the read only box had not been ticked. I put the confusion down to other Pondside language difficulties.


    Found it at last and MVPS now installed. Wonder why an active default Hosts, but only a dummy.
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  6. Posts : 759
    W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation)
       #6

    hi !

    rundwald said:
    hackerman1 said:
    hi !

    sorry, i don´t understand the question about "readable" hosts-file.

    -----
    the default hosts-file is (almost) empty, it doesn´t block any "bad" sites...
    They meant the read only box had not been ticked. I put the confusion down to other Pondside language difficulties.


    Found it at last and MVPS now installed. Wonder why an active default Hosts, but only a dummy.
    ok, you meant "read-only" ?

    yes, it should be "read-only", to protect it from being overwritten or deleted by virus/malware.
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  7. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #7

    Hi there
    any "External" program looking at my Hosts file would make me suspicious.

    Why on earth would logging on to online Banking require the Bank software to access your Hosts file.

    The best banking systems either require a randomly generated key (they give you the card which generates the random number sequence for each logon) or have at least 3 levels of security before you even get to access the initial account page BEFORE you attempt to do any transactions.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  8. Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       #8

    Might want to give serious consideration to getting rid of it after reading this,

    A Closer Look at Rapport from Trusteer — Krebs on Security

    In these cases, a critical legal question that often arises is whether the thieves compromised the customer’s system or that of the bank’s. I mention this because Trusteer recently built a new component into Rapport called Flashlight, which tries to give partner banks the ability to remotely check to see if their customers’ systems are infected with malicious software. Whether the banks will proactively use that feature to stop online banking fraud is unclear, but such a feature would make it tougher for small and mid-sized businesses that lose money to online bank fraud to claim that their computers weren’t the sole cause of the loss.
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  9. jav
    Posts : 713
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1
       #9

    jimbo45 said:
    Hi there
    any "External" program looking at my Hosts file would make me suspicious.

    Why on earth would logging on to online Banking require the Bank software to access your Hosts file.

    The best banking systems either require a randomly generated key (they give you the card which generates the random number sequence for each logon) or have at least 3 levels of security before you even get to access the initial account page BEFORE you attempt to do any transactions.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    He is referring to this product:
    Trusteer Rapport | Trusteer

    Program to secure on-line banking, by locking down browser, encrypting your keystrokes and etc.
    For this type of program looking into your Hosts file is pretty natural. (in order to check hosts file poisoning)

    Currently recommend by several Banks. Actually, I would say "pushed" instead of "recommended".
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