.pif file

[Guest]

A quick question, can anyone tell me what the DOS file hhs.pif is & it's
function,if any. The reason is it just started showing up in my task mngr.
window & it's never been there before.
Thanks!

 

[DL]

Presumably you've done a hd search then checked properties of the resulting
file?

 

[Guest]

Yes & nothing showed up. I was roaming around & looking thru the computer
management (loaded modules) & found a listing for it to be in the
WINNT\System32 file but it's not there. I brought up the hidden files just to
be sure. I was told it's a DOS file & they won't show up on a file search
will they? I went into the command prompt but I'm a semi-novice in that area
so I tread lightly, but found no results. If I was typing the commands right.

 

[Galen]

In james <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

A quick question, can anyone tell me what the DOS file hhs.pif is &
it's function,if any. The reason is it just started showing up in my
task mngr. window & it's never been there before.
Thanks!

Head here:

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotatb.html

Click on the Advanced tab on the page and there's a bunch of information.

Malware Cleaning:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

Thank You ever so much. I have Nortons AV,& the anti-spyware beta from MS but
guess it don't dig deep enough. Mabey I'll just turn my squirrel loose on
it....she's REAL good at diggin'! Again Thanks!

 

[Galen]

In james <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Thank You ever so much. I have Nortons AV,& the anti-spyware beta
from MS but guess it don't dig deep enough. Mabey I'll just turn my
squirrel loose on it....she's REAL good at diggin'! Again Thanks!

The directions on the page listed (the kgiii.info page) are really rather
generic for a reason. Generally just plain generic rules need be in place
for people to understand the objective. The parts you should pay close
attention to are the nature of the beast - do scans in safe mode without
networking AND ensure you're using the latest definition files for the
scanning applications. Cleaning up manually is really what I generally
recommend but most people aren't able to take the time to do so and the
automated tools, when run properly, do a "good enough" job often enough to
warrant not standing atop a soap box on such subjects.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."

Sherlock Holmes