Hi Andrew - From my Blog, Defending Your Machine, here:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ Try particularly Delete Invalid
File.
? Sometimes the tools below will find files which they are unable to delete
because they are in use.
A program called Copylock, here,
http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc can
aid in the process of "replacing, moving, renaming or deleting one or many
files which are currently in use (e.g. system files like comctl32.dll, or
virus/trojan files.)"
Another is Killbox, here:
http://www.downloads.subratam.org/KillBox.zip
A third which is a bit different but often very useful is Delete Invalid
File, here:
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv.htm which handles invalid/UNC
file/folder name deleting, rather than the in use problem.
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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
Andrew Chalk said:
No joy. See my reply to Pegasus for a description.
This looks like a standard hacker trick. Is there a tool to remove
such files?
Thanks.
Dave Patrick said:
From a command prompt try;
del \\.\Drive:\directory\filename
(Note: the period between \\ and \)
Also
dir /x
and try deleting them using their 8.3 short names.
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
:
How do I delete files that contain illegal characters? I just
checked my ftproot and there are a slew of obscurely named
directories that appear to have been created by some intruder. They
are protected from deletion -- presumably by an illegal charater in
the name. Is there a tool that can handle such files?
Thanks.