Re: File not displaying/hidden - but present on HDD

From: David (David_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:23:05 -0800

Hi RC,

Thanks for the info... I will try your suggestions and I will see! 

--
David
"R. C. White" wrote:
> Hi, David.
> 
> Have you tried the System File Checker?  At the Run prompt, enter:  sfc 
> /scannow
> 
> SFC will compare each WinXP operating system file to the "known good" copy 
> held in your on-disk cache and replace any missing or damaged ones.  Have 
> your WinXP CD-ROM handy; SFC probably will need to see that.
> 
> This might not work in your case, though.  I see that a new msconfig.exe 
> file (158,208 bytes, dated 08/04/04) was included in WinXP SP2.  My first 
> impulse is to suggest you install SP2, but you said you can't do that.
> 
> So you may have to fall back on the in-place upgrade, as described in this 
> KB article:
> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q315341
> 
> This will reinstall WinXP itself but preserve your installed applications 
> and data.  The WinXP version that will be reinstalled is the version on the 
> WinXP CD-ROM you use; if that CD does not include SP2, you will need to 
> install SP2 after the in-place upgrade.
> 
> The in-place upgrade takes a few hours, so it's not trivial.  But it may be 
> the only way to be sure that you really have deleted all of that virus.  And 
> it does NOT require a reformat.
> 
> RC
> -- 
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> 
> "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:444491D2-FCA3-4C5F-A262-906A9DF64CE4@microsoft.com...
> > Hi!
> >
> > I hope you are gonna be able to help!! Here is my problem:
> > Everything turns around MSconfig.exe. Wherever I try to save this file on 
> > my
> > harddrive, it saves, then automatically disappear from my sight. I try
> > looking at it from the File Explorer, even with the command prompt but
> > nothing. The funny part is when I try to start it, typing exactly the 
> > right
> > path from the RUN menu then it starts...
> >
> > I know I probably caught this virus: BKDR_HACDEF.E but I also know that
> > there is no trace of it anymore. I cannot find any piece of it anywhere on 
> > my
> > HDD.
> >
> > I already heard of that problem (but can't seem to find it back!) that 
> > there
> > is a possibility for the OS to hide certain files at the DLL level.
> >
> > Info on my system: WinXP Pro SP1 (trying to install SP2 but not able!),
> > NTFS,  Hidden files + System files displaying in File Explorer.
> >
> > Please someone help me! (And don't tell me that I need to format my HDD 
> > this
> > is not exactly what I'm looking at! ;)
> >
> > --
> > David 
> 
>

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