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[baga]

In order to prevent ads from stealing my bandwidth i am adding to my hosts file lines like
127.0.0.1 ads.pile-of-crap.com
i copied file to other machines, and once noticed that file changed. i started making local copies and found out that two lines (out of about 100) constantly disappear from the file:

127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com

clearly this is an action of some malicious entity. Unfortunately both NOD32 which i have constantly running, and manual scan by my favorite Malwarebytes, don't show anything wrong with my system.

Any ideas?

[fivealive]

no idea if its an actual infection or not but if it is follow steps below
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fivealive