Re: need info re: possible trojan

From: Richard Edward (dicked_at_hod.aarg.net)
Date: 12/03/03 

Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:51:47 -0800

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On 2 Dec 2003, johnyboya3@netscape.net (johnyboy) wrote:

>Windows on my system is set to show ALL files & folders.
>However, scandisk shows 41,824,256 bytes in 190 hidden files.
>I need some way to identify what kind of files these are & get
>rid of them, (without having to go thru the hassle of reformatting my HD).
>Is somebody hiding illicit files on my hard disk?
>Are these files created by some sort of "remote administrative trojan?

Don't panic. :)

There's probably nothing at all wrong with your machine, at least not with
having hidden files. SCANDISK is reporting file attributes. A file, or even
a folder/directory can be "marked" as hidden, system, read only, or any
combination of the three. This doesn't mean there's something wrong with
the file, just that your operating system assigned it special qualities.
Examples of "hidden" files would include your Windows registry and print
spool folder. I doubt you want to get rid of those. ;)

For what it's worth, these "hidden" files will show up in Explorer with
"view all files" and "show details" turned on. Scroll to the right in the
list of files and you will see a column called "Attributes". Anything with
an 'H' in that column is a hidden file.

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