Re: I can't delete a trojan
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Originally posted by ducksnbeavers
os: win me, virus software: mcaffee, problem: i have a trojan that i can't delete. the file is _restore\temp\a0127475.cpy. when i go to dos and try to delete it i get access denied. when i try attrib, i get file not found. this sucks. i'm not very computer literate, i had to break out my dos for dummies book to try to figure it out. my son (age 19) turned me on to this site. i hope i can get some help. thanks alot, Sam
Just in case it isn't fixed yet...
Okay, I've got a hunch. Let's look at the path/filename. It is:
c:\......\_restore\temp\a0127475.cpy , correct?
Now, I'd direct everyone's attention to the apparent underscore. In DOS, ASCII character #255 appears as a blank space, in WINDOWS it appears as an underscore. But when windows tries to do something to a file with that character in it's name, it makes weird errors.
I would suggest opening a dos window, and trying to go:
Code:
cd <alt-255>restore
To get into the directory. By '<alt-255>', I mean, Hold down alt, hit 2, hit 5, hit 5, release ALT.
Now, if the underscore really IS the #255 character, I don't see how you could have browsed the directory in windows, but oh well, you never know.