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Discussion in 'Virus & Other Malware Removal' started by bda425, Sep 12, 2004.

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  1. bda425

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    I use AVG free virus scan.. It has found several trojans that it cannot delete or move to the vault. I think they are hidden files "c:\_restore\temp" is where they all seem to live.

    I have tried going into DOS prompt and using attrib to unhide the files
    "attrib -r -a -s -h c:\_restore".. However every time I do this it tells "access denied".. any help?
     
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    I am using Windows ME
     
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    Try booting to safe mode and then removing them.
     
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    The virus is inside one of the System Restore folders. Disable System Restore, reboot, then re-enable System Restore. Run another virus scan and see what it shows.
     
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