Re: Can't find files even though "Show hidden files & folders"

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Hi Dave, that's great (good old DOS, eh!?)
I found them in DOS and moved them out for a while - to see if everything
falls apart without them!
The files were: HDPlugin1018.dll 70KB and HDPlugin1018.inf 800B both dated
13may04 17:49 and also PdpPlugin5094.dll 238KB dated 7july03 12:48
I don's suppose you've ever heard of them? or know what they do ?
I'm just following Norton's advice that they're bad - I don't know why NAV
couldn't get rid of them ?
Anyway, thanks for the DOS tip. bw, Gerry :o)

"da_test" wrote:

> On Wed, 11 May 2005 11:50:14 -0700, GerryP777
> <GerryP777@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >(Note: this sounds like a Symantec / Norton AntiVirus question but isn't
> >really, it only starts that way - please bear with me)
> >
> > The past few times I've run NAV, it's detected 2 but
> >repaired/quarantined/deleted/excluded 0, claiming that "Additional non-viral
> >threats remain". These are
> > C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\HDPlugin1018.dll and
> >C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\PdpPlugin5094.dll (threat-name =
> >Adware.Gator)
> >
> > My Q: Windows Explorer doesn't show them there! In fact, for
> >C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files, it lists 17 items yet Properties says
> >there are 41 files.
> > Why can't I see them ? How can i get at them (e.g. to delete those two
> >DLL's) ? My folder options already say "Show hidden files & folders".
> > Any ideas ? Thanks, Gerry :o)
> It's my contention that that folder is super hidden. I've mentioned
> this is posts before, but it didn't draw much discussion.
>
> Look at it with the command prompt:
> Open a CMD box
> type CD \
> type CD "\windows\downloaded program files"
> type DIR /p
>
> Dave
>
>
.

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