Re: Trojan horse Downloader.Rvp.D in system info folder

From: taff (taff_at_the-valleys.com)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:08:18 +0000

Have you tried running in safe mode ??

Taff..........

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 15:57:46 -0800, "ngolay" <ngolay@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Thanks, and I did download and run it but it did not access the sys info
>folder and that still doesn't help me to access it manually so I can get
>rid of the trojan horse that seems to have loged itself in there myself. I
>have now got more anitvirus/trojan/spyware software running than I ever
>wanted but none of them seem to be accessing teh sys info folder where AVG
>resident shield says the problem is.
>
>So anyway, if anyone who can tell me why I can see the folder but it still
>won't let me access it, I would be very grateful. I have tried to set the
>permissions but it won't let me open it no matter what the settings are.
>As I said I have tried turning off restore and I have tried going through
>safe mode. It seems to me if I could access it then av software would also
>see it and perhaps take care of the problem, but I don't know. Sometimes I
>get a message saying that it is inaccessible because it could be protected
>or it could be in use...I don't know how to tell if it is "in use". Could
>that be part of what Rvp.D does? ( keeps it inaccessible by making it "in
>use")
>
>Thanks a lot
>
>"taff" <taff@the-valleys.com> wrote in message
>news:h21r10phjstnmm4dqg9bss9uj2bi0j350p@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:33:36 -0800, "ngolay" <ngolay@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> >I can see but not access system info folder in XP he to get rid of trojan
>> >horse, can you help? I have truned off restore, I have gone in and made
>the
>> >folder viewable, I have tried going through safe mode. I have bought
>several
>> >anti-virus/trojan utilities. AVG resident shield keeps warning me about
>> >Trojan horse Downloader.Rvp.D and gives me the path inside the system
>> >information folder but when I run the AVG for windows it doesn't see it.
>I
>> >have treid Boclean as well, it found a trojan horse but not that one.
>Now
>> >that I can see the folder I would like to make it accessible, then maybe
>AVG
>> >would see it too but it is washed out and tells me it is inaccessible.
>> >Thanks
>> >
>>
>> You do not need to buy anti trojan tools, Spybot is free and it works.
>> http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=mirrors
>>
>> Taff...............
>>
>>
>>
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>

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