Desktop.ini and fxbeagle.exe

[Chris Hoare]

Hi Guys,

I received the security warning about the Beagle virus, so
we ran the repair tool in our login script, as we have
3500 pcs and to go to all of them personally would be too
expensive.
It ran fine on W2k, but on XP it placed a heap of
Desktop.ini files in all of the default windows folder.
(eg start menu, start-up, games, accessories, etc)
I have tried removing Symantec AV deleteing profiles and
deleteing all the ini files, and nothing seems to work, as
soon as you login with a different account, you get the
files back again. I have run out of ideas and the students
will be back soon, so any help would be great.

Cheers
Chris Hoare

 

[babuji]

Hi Chris,

Refer the following website:

http://www.webroot.com/services/beagleaudit.htm

 

[Chris]

The PCs don't have the virus, it was through running the
fxbeagle.exe from sav that has created and keeps creating
this problem. I sent Symantec an email, and got one back
saying they don't suppose this product!!!

-----Original Message-----
Hi Chris,

Refer the following website:

http://www.webroot.com/services/beagleaudit.htm

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Thanks,
Babuji [CCNA]

Hi Guys,

I received the security warning about the Beagle virus, so
we ran the repair tool in our login script, as we have
3500 pcs and to go to all of them personally would be too
expensive.
It ran fine on W2k, but on XP it placed a heap of
Desktop.ini files in all of the default windows folder.
(eg start menu, start-up, games, accessories, etc)
I have tried removing Symantec AV deleteing profiles and
deleteing all the ini files, and nothing seems to work, as
soon as you login with a different account, you get the
files back again. I have run out of ideas and the students
will be back soon, so any help would be great.

Cheers
Chris Hoare

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[Keith Miller]

The desktop.ini files are normally there. They've either lost their hidden & system attributes or
your explorer view settings have been changed to show hidden & system files -- making you suddenly
aware of files which were always there.

To reset the file attributes, open a command prompt window and type the following:

 

[Chris]

This worked a treat. Thanks very much for reading the
forums and taking your time to answer peoples questions.

Regards
Chris

-----Original Message-----
The desktop.ini files are normally there. They've either

lost their hidden & system attributes or

your explorer view settings have been changed to show

hidden & system files -- making you suddenly

 

[T]

I'm having the same problem and just want to be absolutely sure they are
supposed to be there. I ran a search and found over 100 instances of
desktop.ini on my system, is this a normal number? There were instances of
it in My Documents, Favourites, My Music, etc.

Thanks,

TONY

 

[Spinner]

They are supposed to be there. Have been there since Win98.

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

They are supposed to be there. Have been there since Win98.

True, but what is inside those files may vary. They are an affliction
of "Desktop integration" of IE4, which allows arbitrary "web" active
content to be integrated into folder views, so as to autorun when the
afflicted folder is viewed. AFAIK, Redlof was the first to use this.

Disabling "View as Web Page" (Win98/ME) or "Common Tasks" (XP) may
help reduce the risk exposure from hostile Desktop.ini content.

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