Re: need help deleting strange files!!!

From: Matt Edwards (junkkk@attbi.com)
Date: 01/07/02

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    From: "Matt Edwards" <junkkk@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:44:02 -0700

    The directory name is most likely " "

    This same thing has also happened tu me. As of yet I can't figure out how
    to delete them either. I know it is only one directory name, but under this
    directory is where the "punks" have stored their 1.5Gb of trash. If it can
    be made there is a way to delete it. I have just can't seem to find the
    answer ANYWHERE on the net. Is this a new exploit? Or one so old no body
    talks about it anymore? I suspect they are using some ascii character that
    is non displayable and non typeable, chr(0) maybe (in wich case I will most
    likely need a small utility to delete it.), but I am not sure.

    Matt

    "Doggy" <doggy@one.ekof.bg.ac.yu> wrote in message
    news:9v8ac3$g42$1@news.etf.bg.ac.yu...
    > Can you specify some of the names of those files?
    > Maybe they have some characters that windows can't recognize.
    >
    > Doggy
    >
    > "peth" <petherington@f2s.com> wrote in message
    > news:mPJR7.75095$Z2.1080460@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
    > > We have an NT 4.0 (SP post-6a) box running IIS 3 and MS Proxy 2.0.
    > >
    > > Somehow, some punks got into our ftp site and placed a whole crap load
    of
    > > files in there.
    > >
    > > The first problem is that we can't delete them.
    > > When you attempt to delete a file or folder through windows explorer, an
    > > error message appears reading:
    > >
    > > "Error deleting file or folder
    > > Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk"
    > >
    > > When Properties is chosen from the right-click menu, the file appears to
    > > have no size, name or any other attributes.
    > >
    > > I'm sure this is a standard issue within the hacker world. But I've
    never
    > > seen it before.
    > > How do I delete these files???
    > >
    > > Thank you!
    > > Paul
    > >
    > >
    >
    >
    >

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