disappearing hosts file

Does anyone know what causes a hosts file (which I have been keeping updated
for the last 5 years to prevent ads appearing) to disappear? An almost
completely empty hosts.sam file has replaced it in my /etc directory where
it used to be.

At the same time, one of the same size has mysteriously appeared in my
spybot directory and I cant open it without merely invoking the program. I
am of course trying to open it in notepad to see what is in it.

Does spybot change the location of the hosts file or is this some malware
which has figured out how to access it and empty it?


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