IP addresses and HOSTS files?

Question:

Somehow I have gotten the antivirus 2010 malware on my computer and I researched how to rid myself of it. Simply removing it from add/remove programs didn't work so I am having to list their affiliated sites on my HOSTS file in my computer.. The internet has given me a list of sites to block and so on so forth.. My question is with the sites they have given me to block it doesn't give me the IP addresses with the site. How do I know was IP address to list with each site? Will It work just listing the site without the IP address???

Answers:

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware should rid the computer of the problem. You need to get rid of the malware, not just mask the effects.

The IP address is the number behind the name. If you put the name (www.------.com) it will just translate it into the IP. It should work.

just ping the sites. (from the command line type ping and then the site's url). It'll give you the IP.

in your hosts file just list the website address with the IP 127.0.0.1 which will stop traffic getting to those sites