btw you are not running 2k ???
No, I was using XP Pro at the time I posted that.

removing these files is a major security issue...
so I HAVE TO KNOW how to tell w2k that i do NOT want them back !!
Why not just remove all permissions from them? Then they can't be run, or replaced...

Though... anyone with admin priv. can change the permissions back...

Or... I'm not sure how smart this protection mechanism is.. but you might be able to replace it with another innocent program... just rename another program to ftp.exe or tftp.exe and put it in there to replace it. This is just a guess.... as I've never tried it.
Something like sol.exe. They can't get far with that. LoL