 | Senior Member with 169 posts. | | | | Solved: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sptd.sys When I try to scan for spyware or virus I get the warning that the program cannot open C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sptd.sys. Is this normal for this file? Is a virus preventing this file from being scan? My PC is not showing any signs of being infected. Running XP. | | Account Disabled with 2,239 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Quebec, Canada Experience: Getting there... | | Do you have Alcohol 120% installed or recently removed it? sptd.sys is a driver for it and is protected. | | Senior Member with 1,587 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: An Alien,a misfit on Earth Experience: Intermediate++ | | Dear TOYMAN1952, NO.Anti-Virus softwares do scan system32 files and can be removed in "safe mode",where as on-line scanners only detect but cannot remove! Which A-V are you using and most importantly, did you get a warning like this before? Are the updates of the A-V, o.k? | | Senior Member with 169 posts. | | | | I went to safe mode and when it was loading it said to hit esc if I did not want to load sptd.sys When I did that I can now scan the file for viruses and it was clean. | | Senior Member with 1,587 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: An Alien,a misfit on Earth Experience: Intermediate++ | | TOYMAN1952,
Congratulations! | | Account Disabled with 2,239 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Quebec, Canada Experience: Getting there... | | You never answered my question but I guess it was yes... | | Senior Member with 1,587 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: An Alien,a misfit on Earth Experience: Intermediate++ | | Dear Karbo,
Has to be. Only He/She was shy about mentioning "alcohol" and that too 120% proof!LOL | | Senior Member with 169 posts. | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by karbo Do you have Alcohol 120% installed or recently removed it? sptd.sys is a driver for it and is protected. | No. I had installed StarBurn a tool for grabbing, burning and mastering CD, DVD, from http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ and I think it might have been from that software. | | Account Disabled with 2,239 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Quebec, Canada Experience: Getting there... | | Well, it's pretty close. Alcohol 120% is a burning software also. I knew it had something to do with a burning software driver. So, I wouldn't be concerned.
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