EtreCheck says /etc/hosts file is Corrupted

I found an old post about the same problem and followed the reply of Linc Davis.

This is the report generated by Terminal:

Start time: 11:15:40 04/20/18

Model Identifier: iMac15,1

System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199)

Kernel Version: Darwin 17.5.0

System Integrity Protection: Enabled

Time since boot: 4:18

USB

USB3.0 Hub (VIA Labs, Inc.)

G-DRIVE mobile USB (HGST)

USB2.0 Hub (VIA Labs, Inc.)

Diagnostic reports

2018-04-19 Kernel panic

2018-04-20 AdobeGCClient crash

2018-04-20 EPSON Scanner crash

2018-04-20 mds_stores crash x3

Memory: kernel_task (UID 0) is using 1505 MB

Daemons

com.malwarebytes.HelperTool

com.adobe.acc.installer

Adobe_Genuine_Software_Integrity_Service

com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper

com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper

Agents

com.apple.SafariHistoryServiceAgent

com.epson.esua.launcher

com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncAgent

com.epson.scannermonitor

com.microsoft.update.agent

com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher

com.apple.webinspectord

com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent

com.microsoft.OneDriveLauncher

com.apple.SafariCloudHistoryPushAgent

com.epson.ecrp.launcher.plist

com.apple.iBooksX.CacheDelete

com.apple.SafariPlugInUpdateNotifier

com.epson.eventmanager.agent

launchd

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.webinspectord.plist

- com.apple.webinspectord

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist

- com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncAgent.plist

- com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncAgent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SafariPlugInUpdateNotifier.plist

- com.apple.SafariPlugInUpdateNotifier

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SafariLaunchAgent.plist

- com.apple.SafariLaunchAgent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SafariHistoryServiceAgent.plist

- com.apple.SafariHistoryServiceAgent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SafariCloudHistoryPushAgent.plist

- com.apple.SafariCloudHistoryPushAgent

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist

- com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.ecrp.launcher.plist

- com.epson.ecrp.launcher.plist

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.scannermonitor.plist

- com.epson.scannermonitor

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

- com.adobe.AAM.Startup-1.0

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist

- com.adobe.GC.Scheduler-1.0

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist

- com.epson.eventmanager.agent

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.esua.launcher.plist

- com.epson.esua.launcher

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist

- com.microsoft.update.agent

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.agsservice.plist

- Adobe_Genuine_Software_Integrity_Service

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist

- com.malwarebytes.HelperTool

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist

- com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.acc.installer.plist

- com.adobe.acc.installer

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist

- com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper

Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist

- com.adobe.GC.Scheduler-1.0

Bundles

/Library/Extensions/OlympusDSCSCSIDriver.kext

- com.olympus.CamBlockCommandsDeviceUP

/Library/Extensions/EPSONUSBPrintClass.kext

- com.epson.print.kext.USBPrintClass

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobeAAMDetect.plugin

- com.AdobeAAMDetectLib.AdobeAAMDetect

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobeExManDetect.plugin

- com.AdobeExManDetectLib.AdobeExManDetect

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.plugin

- N/A

/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane

- com.growl.prefpanel

/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax

- N/A

Library/Keyboard/en-dynamic.lm

- com.apple.LanguageModeling.en

Library/Keyboard/it-dynamic.lm

- com.apple.LanguageModeling.it

Library/Services/ToastIt.service

- com.roxio.ToastItService

Contents of /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 na2m-pr.licenses.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ims-na1-prprod.adobelogin.com

127.0.0.1 na4r.services.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 na1r.services.adobe.com

Contents of /etc/pf.conf

scrub-anchor "com.apple/*"

nat-anchor "com.apple/*"

rdr-anchor "com.apple/*"

dummynet-anchor "com.apple/*"

anchor "com.apple/*"

load anchor "com.apple" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple"

Contents of /etc/syslog.conf

install.* @127.0.0.1:32376

Contents of /etc/pam.d/authorization

auth optional pam_krb5.so use_first_pass use_kcminit

auth optional pam_ntlm.so use_first_pass

auth required pam_opendirectory.so use_first_pass nullok

account required pam_opendirectory.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/authorization_aks

auth required pam_aks.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/authorization_ctk

auth required pam_smartcard.so use_first_pass pkinit

account required pam_opendirectory.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/authorization_la

auth required pam_localauthentication.so

auth required pam_aks.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/authorization_lacont

auth required pam_localauthentication.so continuityunlock

auth required pam_aks.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/checkpw

auth required pam_opendirectory.so use_first_pass nullok

account required pam_opendirectory.so no_check_home no_check_shell

Contents of /etc/pam.d/chkpasswd

auth required pam_opendirectory.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

password required pam_permit.so

session required pam_permit.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/cups

auth required pam_opendirectory.so

account required pam_permit.so

password required pam_deny.so

session required pam_permit.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/login

auth optional pam_krb5.so use_kcminit

auth optional pam_ntlm.so try_first_pass

auth optional pam_mount.so try_first_pass

auth required pam_opendirectory.so try_first_pass

account required pam_nologin.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

password required pam_opendirectory.so

session required pam_launchd.so

session required pam_uwtmp.so

session optional pam_mount.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/login.term

account required pam_nologin.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

session required pam_uwtmp.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/other

auth required pam_deny.so

account required pam_deny.so

password required pam_deny.so

session required pam_deny.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/passwd

auth required pam_permit.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

password required pam_opendirectory.so

session required pam_permit.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/screensaver

auth optional pam_krb5.so use_first_pass use_kcminit

auth required pam_opendirectory.so use_first_pass nullok

account required pam_opendirectory.so

account sufficient pam_self.so

account required pam_group.so no_warn group=admin,wheel fail_safe

account required pam_group.so no_warn deny group=admin,wheel ruser fail_safe

Contents of /etc/pam.d/screensaver_aks

auth required pam_aks.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

account sufficient pam_self.so

account required pam_group.so no_warn group=admin,wheel fail_safe

account required pam_group.so no_warn deny group=admin,wheel ruser fail_safe

Contents of /etc/pam.d/screensaver_ctk

auth required pam_smartcard.so use_first_pass

account required pam_opendirectory.so

account sufficient pam_self.so

account required pam_group.so no_warn group=admin,wheel fail_safe

account required pam_group.so no_warn deny group=admin,wheel ruser fail_safe

Contents of /etc/pam.d/screensaver_la

auth required pam_localauthentication.so

auth required pam_aks.so

account required pam_opendirectory.so

account sufficient pam_self.so

account required pam_group.so no_warn group=admin,wheel fail_safe

account required pam_group.so no_warn deny group=admin,wheel ruser fail_safe

Contents of /etc/pam.d/smbd

account required pam_sacl.so sacl_service=smb allow_trustacct

session required pam_permit.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/sshd

auth optional pam_krb5.so use_kcminit

auth optional pam_ntlm.so try_first_pass

auth optional pam_mount.so try_first_pass

auth required pam_opendirectory.so try_first_pass

account required pam_nologin.so

account required pam_sacl.so sacl_service=ssh

account required pam_opendirectory.so

password required pam_opendirectory.so

session required pam_launchd.so

session optional pam_mount.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/su

auth sufficient pam_rootok.so

auth required pam_opendirectory.so

account required pam_group.so no_warn group=admin,wheel ruser root_only fail_safe

account required pam_opendirectory.so no_check_shell

password required pam_opendirectory.so

session required pam_launchd.so

Contents of /etc/pam.d/sudo

auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so

auth required pam_opendirectory.so

account required pam_permit.so

password required pam_deny.so

session required pam_permit.so

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/110.clean-tmps

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$daily_clean_tmps_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

if [ -z "$daily_clean_tmps_days" ]

then

echo '$daily_clean_tmps_enable is set but' \

'$daily_clean_tmps_days is not'

rc=2

else

echo ""

echo "Removing old temporary files:"

set -f noglob

args="-atime +$daily_clean_tmps_days -mtime +$daily_clean_tmps_days"

args="${args} -ctime +$daily_clean_tmps_days"

dargs="-empty -mtime +$daily_clean_tmps_days"

dargs="${dargs} ! -name .vfs_rsrc_streams_*"

[ -n "$daily_clean_tmps_ignore" ] && {

args="$args "`echo " ${daily_clean_tmps_ignore% }" |

sed 's/[ ][ ]*/ ! -name /g'`

dargs="$dargs "`echo " ${daily_clean_tmps_ignore% }" |

sed 's/[ ][ ]*/ ! -name /g'`

...and 21 more line(s)

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/130.clean-msgs

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$daily_clean_msgs_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

if [ ! -d /var/msgs ]

then

echo '$daily_clean_msgs_enable is set but /var/msgs' \

"doesn't exist"

rc=2

else

echo ""

echo "Cleaning out old system announcements:"

[ -n "$daily_clean_msgs_days" ] &&

arg=-${daily_clean_msgs_days#-} || arg=

msgs -c $arg && rc=0 || rc=3

fi;;

*) rc=0;;

esac

exit $rc

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/140.clean-rwho

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$daily_clean_rwho_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

if [ -z "$daily_clean_rwho_days" ]

then

echo '$daily_clean_rwho_enable is enabled but' \

'$daily_clean_rwho_days is not set'

rc=2

elif [ ! -d /var/rwho ]

then

echo '$daily_clean_rwho_enable is enabled but /var/rwho' \

"doesn't exist"

rc=2

else

echo ""

echo "Removing stale files from /var/rwho:"

case "$daily_clean_rwho_verbose" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

print=-print;;

*)

print=;;

...and 14 more line(s)

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/199.clean-fax

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

if [ -d /var/spool/fax ]; then

echo ""

echo "Removing scratch fax files"

cd /var/spool/fax && \

find . -type f -name '[0-9]*.[0-9][0-9][0-9]' -mtime +7 -delete >/dev/null 2>&1;

fi

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/310.accounting

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$daily_accounting_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

if [ ! -f /var/account/acct ]

then

echo '$daily_accounting_enable is set but /var/account/acct' \

"doesn't exist"

rc=2

elif [ -z "$daily_accounting_save" ]

then

echo '$daily_accounting_enable is set but ' \

'$daily_accounting_save is not'

rc=2

else

echo ""

echo "Rotating accounting logs and gathering statistics:"

cd /var/account

rc=0

n=$daily_accounting_save

rm -f acct.$n.gz acct.$n || rc=3

m=$n

...and 18 more line(s)

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$daily_status_disks_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

echo ""

echo "Disk status:"

df $daily_status_disks_df_flags && rc=1 || rc=3

;;

*) rc=0;;

esac

exit $rc

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$daily_status_network_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

echo ""

echo "Network interface status:"

case "$daily_status_network_usedns" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

netstat -i && rc=0 || rc=3;;

*)

netstat -in && rc=0 || rc=3;;

esac;;

*) rc=0;;

esac

exit $rc

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/430.status-rwho

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$daily_status_rwho_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

rwho=$(echo /var/rwho/*)

if [ -f "${rwho%% *}" ]

then

echo ""

echo "Local network system status:"

prog=ruptime

else

echo ""

echo "Local system status:"

prog=uptime

fi

rc=$($prog | tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)

if [ $? -eq 0 ]

then

[ $rc -gt 1 ] && rc=1

else

rc=3

fi;;

...and 3 more line(s)

Contents of /etc/periodic/daily/999.local

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

rc=0

for script in $daily_local

do

echo ''

case "$script" in

/*)

if [ -f "$script" ]

then

echo "Running $script:"

sh $script || rc=3

else

echo "$script: No such file"

[ $rc -lt 2 ] && rc=2

fi;;

*)

echo "$script: Not an absolute path"

[ $rc -lt 2 ] && rc=2;;

esac

done

exit $rc

Contents of /etc/periodic/monthly/199.rotate-fax

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

echo ""

printf %s "Rotating fax log files:"

cd /var/log/fax

for i in *.log; do

if [ -f "${i}" ]; then

echo -n " $i"

if [ -x /usr/bin/gzip ]; then gzext=".gz"; else gzext=""; fi

if [ -f "${i}.3${gzext}" ]; then mv -f "${i}.3${gzext}" "${i}.4${gzext}"; fi

if [ -f "${i}.2${gzext}" ]; then mv -f "${i}.2${gzext}" "${i}.3${gzext}"; fi

if [ -f "${i}.1${gzext}" ]; then mv -f "${i}.1${gzext}" "${i}.2${gzext}"; fi

if [ -f "${i}.0${gzext}" ]; then mv -f "${i}.0${gzext}" "${i}.1${gzext}"; fi

if [ -f "${i}" ]; then mv -f "${i}" "${i}.0" && if [ -x /usr/bin/gzip ]; then gzip -9 "${i}.0"; fi; fi

touch "${i}" && chmod 640 "${i}" && chown root:admin "${i}"

fi

done

echo ""

Contents of /etc/periodic/monthly/200.accounting

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

oldmask=$(umask)

umask 066

case "$monthly_accounting_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

W=/var/log/wtmp

rc=0

remove=NO

if [ $rc -eq 0 ]

then

echo ""

echo "Doing login accounting:"

rc=$(ac -p | sort -nr -k 2 | tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)

[ $rc -gt 0 ] && rc=1

fi

[ $remove = YES ] && rm -f $W.0;;

*) rc=0;;

esac

umask $oldmask

exit $rc

Contents of /etc/periodic/monthly/999.local

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

rc=0

for script in $monthly_local

do

echo ''

case "$script" in

/*)

if [ -f "$script" ]

then

echo "Running $script:"

sh $script || rc=3

else

echo "$script: No such file"

[ $rc -lt 2 ] && rc=2

fi;;

*)

echo "$script: Not an absolute path"

[ $rc -lt 2 ] && rc=2;;

esac

done

exit $rc

Contents of /etc/periodic/weekly/320.whatis

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

case "$weekly_whatis_enable" in

[Yy][Ee][Ss])

echo ""

echo "Rebuilding whatis database:"

MANPATH=`/usr/bin/manpath -q`

if [ $? = 0 ]

then

if [ -z "${MANPATH}" ]

then

echo "manpath failed to find any manpage directories"

rc=3

else

rc=0

/usr/libexec/makewhatis.local "${MANPATH}" || rc=3

if [ X"${man_locales}" != X ]

then

for i in ${man_locales}

do

LC_ALL=$i /usr/libexec/makewhatis.local -a \

-L "${MANPATH}" || rc=3

...and 9 more line(s)

Contents of /etc/periodic/weekly/999.local

if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]

then

. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

source_periodic_confs

fi

rc=0

for script in $weekly_local

do

echo ''

case "$script" in

/*)

if [ -f "$script" ]

then

echo "Running $script:"

sh $script || rc=3

else

echo "$script: No such file"

[ $rc -lt 2 ] && rc=2

fi;;

*)

echo "$script: Not an absolute path"

[ $rc -lt 2 ] && rc=2;;

esac

done

exit $rc

Contents of /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.appsandbox.plist (XML 1.0 document text, ASCII text)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>UnrestrictSpotlightContainerScope</key>

<true/>

</dict>

</plist>

Contents of /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist (XML 1.0 document text, ASCII text)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string></string>

</dict>

</plist>

Bad plists

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Easy Photo Scan.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Easy Photo Print.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.EPSON Scan.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Inkjet Printer Driver.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Print CD.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson Event Manager.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson Customer Research Participation.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson Low Ink Reminder.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.EPSON Software Updater.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson Connect Printer Setup.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson Scanner Monitor.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.PC-FAX Driver.UnInstallList.plist

/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson Scanner ICA Driver.UnInstallList.plist

Listeners

launchd: microsoft-ds

launchd: microsoft-ds

kdc: kerberos

cupsd: ipp

User login items

Tri-BACKUP 8 Launcher

- /Applications/Tri-BACKUP 8.app/Contents/Resources/Tri-BACKUP 8 Launcher.app

OneDrive

- /Applications/OneDrive.app

iTunesHelper

- /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app

Restricted files: 1825

Elapsed time (s): 140