Re: Deleting bad files
From: Wayne (w.f.butler_at_billhook.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 06/30/03
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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:20:57 -0700
Ha! Now I really *am* confused!
OK, well firstly let me assure that this is *not* a joke -
I'm an ordinary member of the public, experiencing genuine
problems with my pc - I've only used these newsgroups once
before.
I'll try & provide more info, as best as I can recall, re
the problem.
The first (and persisting) symptoms are problems on start
up. The MS Office shortcut bar does not respond & the
system doesn't finish loading properly - the hour glass
icon appears (and remains) if you hover the cursor over
the start button or the Office shortcut bar.
Then, by using ctrl/alt/del, I can end the shortcut bar
running (and hence regain normal use of the cursor) but
icons in the system tray are erratic - e.g, the clock
doesn't appear, then it does much later, the icon for
being connected to the net sometimes/often doesn't appear,
etc. etc.
When I first experienced the problem, I ran 'Trend Micro's
Housecall' - it did find a virus 'BKDR_RSBOT.A' which had
infected ms.app. It couldn't clean it & suggested I delete
the file which I did - my pc then loaded properly.
Later, the problem recurred. I ran a search for
files/folders modified or created during or just before
the 'problem' period - the only file which wasn't
accounted for (i.e, other than e-mails/docs which I'd
written or e-mails from ppl I knew & trusted)
was 'logon.exe' - this is why I believed it to be a bad
file.
Does this throw any new light on the subject?
Thanx,
Wayne.
>-----Original Message-----
>What makes you think this is a BAD file??
>It's a necessary part of windows that logs you onto your
>pc!
>
>If you delete it, you will not be able to logon!
>
>If this is someones idea of a inane joke, please stop!
>those newbies are getting confused by the experienced
>users joking around!
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>What is 'antivirus' please? Is this a Microsoft thing I
>>can download?
>>Either way, this is a file which I didn't want & I now
>>can't get rid of.
>>I tried the WIN.INI idea - there was no mention of
>>Logon.exe in there and it doesn't appear on the
>>ctrl/alt/delete window.
>>Any further ideas greatly appreciated.
>>Thanx for your help so far.
>>Wayne.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>We'd need to know more about why you think this is a
bad
>>file, what it is,
>>>name, were it is, what problems you're seeing, etc.
The
>>removal
>>>instructions would vary depending on what the bad file
>>is. If this is a
>>>virus or any kind of malicious code, running antivirus
>>with the latest
>>>updates for this week installed are the first thing to
>do.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Wayne" <w.f.butler@billhook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
>>message
>>>news:040201c33ca2$66de0260$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello,
>>>> A 'bad' file has downloaded itself into my Windows
>>System
>>>> folder - it is causing various problems.
>>>> I am sure that I have identified the problem file, but
>>>> when I try to delete it, the error message appears
>>saying
>>>> can't delete coz Windows is using this file.
>>>> Does anyone know how to over-ride this & delete the
>>>> problem file??
>>>> (Am running Win ME, & the problem file calls
>>>> itself 'Logon.exe')
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Wayne.
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
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