Re: Virus?


"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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From: "pc doctor" <msuhm@xxxxxxxxxx>


|
| Yes, David, I am well aware of this...there is no need for a
demonstration.
| I thought that my instructions were quite clear in giving Steve two
| different methods to try and delete the files manually from the temp
| folders. One from safe mode, and the other from a dos prompt. If the OP
| wants to try and delete those temp folders from either normal or safe
mode,
| and the folders are hidden, (by WinXP default), then he will have to
un-hide
| the folders.
| I have been using these instructions in spyware removal forums for the
past
| 2 or 3 years while helping people clean there systems. No one has ever
had a
| problem with them before.
|

I see it often stated and is incorrect. I don't hang in forums. I have
been here for since
this groups inception and I had to comment on it.

David, what is incorrect? My instructions for un-hiding the folders are only
relevant if the user is trying to view the Local Settings folders and beyond
in WinXP, and from Normal or Safe Mode. These instructions do not apply to a
dos window/command prompt.
Unless I am wrong about what you are refering to be incorrect...

....Or perhaps this will explain my reasoning for recommending to try and
manually search for and delete the file: I once had a file in a Temp folder
that I could visably see with Windows Explorer/My Computer, but I could not
find any way to move it, rename it, delete it, delete the folder(s) it was
located in. Nothing worked while I was in Windows Normal or Safe Mode. No
Scanners, disk repair programs, or defrag could get rid of it. It was not a
malware or virus file. Just a corrupted file.
I was finally able to delete it by opening a command prompt and browsing to
the appropriate Temp folder. But...I knew where the file was specifically
located by unhiding the Local Settings, etc., folders and locating the file
in the Temp Folder while I was still browsing with Windows Explorer.

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