Re: Suspicious Undeletable File

From: Karl Levinson, mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 05/24/05 

Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:34:17 -0400

Try using the Command prompt [e.g. click on start and then run, type CMD
or COMMAND and click OK] and use a DIR /S /X to get the short DOS 8.3 file
name. That's a start. If that doesn't help, let us know.

This may help:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#ftpfolder
http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#hacked
http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#harden

"dukiesma1001" <dukiesma1001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D8251A4A-A78A-4631-B074-A173AD18232F@microsoft.com...
> I have a file on my C:\ drive and it has 57 folders in it but the entire
file
> has 0 bytes in it. I have trying to delete this file for awhile now with
no
> luck. Everytime I try deleting it I get the same error message stating
that
> the file name is too long. I've tried the standard deleting procedures,
> Chaos Shredder and Simple File Shredder programs. These methods work on
> anything and everything else but this one freakin' file. This is the
files
> path: C:\Tcl\bin\Copy of Tcl\Tcl\...... If my suspicions are correct I
> believe this could possibly a worm of some type even though all virus
scans
> I've ran have not detected it. Please help me figure this out, for if the
57
> folders in this file are taking up alot of space on my computer, I
especially
> want it out of there. I appreciate any time and effort anyone applies to
> assisting me get to the bottom of this 'pit'. And Thank You. Also, I am
a
> single/student parent and I greatly appreciate that any software
suggestions
> be as cheap or free as possible.
>
> Dukiesma
> --
> Catch Ya On The Flip Side !!!

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