Re: Suspect File


Malke wrote:

flamer die.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi I downloaded a file from download.com the other day, as it was
completing avast! says its infected and i chose to delete the virus.
the file (called setup.exe) still remained in my download directory, i
couldnt delete because it said it its in use, well i have rebooted,
rebooted in safe mode and still can;t delete it, its not a startup
item, its not referenced anywhere in the regsitry, i have run a boot
time virus scan, full spyware scan with spysweeper, still same message
when i try and delete it, its reporting its size now as 0kb, can't
think of what else to do. i am running a firewall and have carefully
watched outgoing and incoming connections and can't see anything unsual
there so i think its possibly just a file system error..

I have also tried to remove it from dos, however when i choose dos from
the boot menu it just loads xp and gives me a dos prompt (not exactly
the same thing) and because its on a drive partition i can't access it
(can only get c:)

is there a way to get into full dos before xp loads??

First of all, if you are talking about Safe Mode Command Prompt, you can
easily navigate to a different partition or drive. Just type the drive
letter and enter.

Or see - Undeletable Files:
http://aumha.org/a/stubborn.php
http://www.petri.co.il/delete_undeletable_files.htm
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_undeletable_file.htm - Pocket KillBox
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php

Malke
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

Thanks for the reply. actually when i enter command prompt and type in
h: enter, it shows 'h' on the next line then goes back to c:\> which is
weird i know.. (i am actually a linux guy who normally works in the cui
so i am familair with the commands ect) i guess i will just try and
download the killbot app when i get home and give that a try, but just
for next time, is there actually a way to get into the full 16bit dos
like with win95 where you could hit restart in msdos mode etc..could be
useful, i dont have a floppy drive in the pc so cant make a boot disk.

Flamer.

.

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