Deleted files

[Carol]

I ran a virus scan and found 5 infected files. I have
McAfee professional, and the recommendation was to delete
the files because they couldn't be cleaned. I did delete
3 of them and now I'm wondering if that was a mistake.
The files were winsystem.exe, scrgrd.exe and
A0001605.exe. Can anyone tell me if these files are
necessary? If so, is there a way to get them back?

 

[Plato]

I ran a virus scan and found 5 infected files. I have
McAfee professional, and the recommendation was to delete
the files because they couldn't be cleaned. I did delete
3 of them and now I'm wondering if that was a mistake.
The files were winsystem.exe, scrgrd.exe and
A0001605.exe. Can anyone tell me if these files are
necessary? If so, is there a way to get them back?

What problem are you now having with your PC? Often files that are
deleted by anti-virus programs are the virus/trojan files themselves.

 

[steve]

I ran a virus scan and found 5 infected files. I have
McAfee professional, and the recommendation was to delete
the files because they couldn’t be cleaned. I did delete
3 of them and now I’m wondering if that was a mistake.
The files were winsystem.exe, scrgrd.exe and
A0001605.exe. Can anyone tell me if these files are
necessary? If so, is there a way to get them back?

In a case like this, I hit google search.

For example, winsystem.exe is Blair Worm
http://www.2-spyware.com/file-winsystem-exe.html

Others can be easily searched the same way.

 

[Kelly]

Carol,

Don't bank on McAffee alone. Run these as well for the next time. Better
yet, now wouldn't hurt either.
Cleaning Up XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup