<da_test> Followup . . .

[Johann Backer]

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:39:57 GMT From:
Johann Backer <[email protected]> Lines:
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Message-ID: <[email protected]>

All possibilities ar enot exhausted. Try it this way.

c: (enter)
dir /s /ah rows.exe

This will search all folders for rows.exe that have the hidden attribute
set.

Dave

Thanks. Found at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data

It is a "Read Only" file. When I unchecked - it did not delete. At the
CMD I typed: del C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application
Data\rows.exe PATH not found?

I'll try deleting at re-boot BUT I don't think I can have any spaces in
the file name at that point. WHAT is the truncated file name?

GAWD; I think I'm back in "Windows for Workgroups". (Defraged a hell of a
lot faster AND defragged a FLOPPY . . . too.)

Johann

 

[da_test]

Thanks. Found at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data

It is a "Read Only" file. When I unchecked - it did not delete. At the
CMD I typed: del C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application
Data\rows.exe PATH not found?

I'll try deleting at re-boot BUT I don't think I can have any spaces in
the file name at that point. WHAT is the truncated file name?

GAWD; I think I'm back in "Windows for Workgroups". (Defraged a hell of a
lot faster AND defragged a FLOPPY . . . too.)

Johann

Are you still trying to delete rows.exe ?
Perhaps you didn't see my previous reply.
Delete it from the CMD box. Type in:

del "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"

If you put the target in quotation marks, embedded spaces
are fine.

Dave

 

[Johann Backer]

Are you still trying to delete rows.exe ?
Perhaps you didn't see my previous reply.

No. SBC (prodigy) was VERY --- slow.

Delete it from the CMD box. Type in:

del "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"

If you put the target in quotation marks, embedded spaces
are fine.

Thanks. I'll attempt this at next startup.

Johann

 

[Johann Backer]

Are you still trying to delete rows.exe ? Perhaps you didn't see my
previous reply. Delete it from the CMD box. Type in:

del "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"

On re-start I chose "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" / "Administrator";
entered: del "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"

Report: Could Not Find C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application
Data\rows.exe; yet when I started up in Normal and brought up Task Manager
- there it is?

Since this is a HIDDEN file, perhaps something needs to be added to the---
del "C:\Documents . . . . ."?

IS there a way to open, view, copy, move and delete the contents of
Folders from the CMD? Windows for Workgroups through 98SE HAD this
ability (DOS).

BTW: Properties\Summary have BLANK: Source, Author and Revision Number;
therefore a FORMAT and re-install will NOT solve the problem. :-( :-(

 

[Quaoar]

On re-start I chose "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" / "Administrator";
entered: del "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application
Data\rows.exe"

Report: Could Not Find C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application
Data\rows.exe; yet when I started up in Normal and brought up Task
Manager - there it is?

Since this is a HIDDEN file, perhaps something needs to be added to
the--- del "C:\Documents . . . . ."?

IS there a way to open, view, copy, move and delete the contents of
Folders from the CMD? Windows for Workgroups through 98SE HAD this
ability (DOS).

BTW: Properties\Summary have BLANK: Source, Author and Revision
Number; therefore a FORMAT and re-install will NOT solve the problem.
:-( :-(

Of course a format/reinstall will solve the problem. BTW Google
rows.exe show that this might be the host for a virus, FWIW. You might
run chkdsk /f just in case there is a problem with the file structure of
the HD itself. You might boot with an XP boot CD (must have NTFS file
accessibility) and access the HD externally to remove the file. I have
had one macromedia folder/file that I indeed had to format to remove
from an external HD - absolutely nothing would remove that file.

Q

 

[Guest]

On re-start I chose "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" / "Administrator";
entered: del "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"

Report: Could Not Find C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application
Data\rows.exe; yet when I started up in Normal and brought up Task Manager
- there it is?

Since this is a HIDDEN file, perhaps something needs to be added to the---
del "C:\Documents . . . . ."?

IS there a way to open, view, copy, move and delete the contents of
Folders from the CMD? Windows for Workgroups through 98SE HAD this
ability (DOS).

BTW: Properties\Summary have BLANK: Source, Author and Revision Number;
therefore a FORMAT and re-install will NOT solve the problem. :-( :-(

Hi Johann,
if the delete of the file failed, did you check to see if the file was on
the harddrive?
c:
dir rows.exe /s (if the file is unhidden)

dir rows.exe /s /ah (to select files with the hidden attribute.)

Assume it's found, you can use the attrib command to display the attributes -
attrib "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"
If the attributes is H (hidden), you can remove it
attrib -h "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"
then delete
del "C:\Documents and Settings\Johann\Application Data\rows.exe"

I don't think removing the attribute is necessary to delete it however.
If the file is not found at all in safe mode, perhaps it comes into
existance thru other malware when you boot normal mode
Dave