Pleeeease Help Me~Will not let me delete virus.

[AndersonGal]

Housecall found 2 infected files
WORM_BADTRANS.B
in SYSTEM/Kernel 32
and
SYSTEM/kdll.dll

Says it can not delete them because they are in use. ?????
Does anyone know what to do next??????

TIA

[tlspiegel -Closed]

Quarantine the files. Then delete. It should have instructions?

[devlina2u]

I asked DH and he tells me this -

Exit all applications

Go to DOS Prompt

C : Drive

and type del /s bad_trans.b

That should delete the file. Then run the scan again to make sure ... no more infections. HTH.

Let us know.

[AndersonGal]

I'll shut down, try that and hopefully see you gals all again someday.

(I hope the weasels that thought of inventing these computer viruses (trying to think evil) well, you know, gets thiers.

[devlina2u]

Hey before you check, which virus program are you using??

[KAZMAN]

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here is Mcafee's summary info

[AndersonGal]

Dev: Said it was an invalid switch.?

Your all invited over for a *fix my computer for me* bash.
I tried housecall now I guess I'll try the one Pandy mentioned.
After I check out Kaz's link.

Thanks for your help, looks like I'm going to need it.

[devlina2u]

Which virus check program do you use?

[devlina2u]

Originally posted by AndersonGal
Dev: Said it was an invalid switch.?

WHEN did you get that message??

[millervt]

This virus infects files that are loaded when windows loads up. You can't delete them from within windows, since they are in use. You have to go to DOS (real DOS mode, not a dos prompt) and deal with them.

Its annoying, but generally not particularly serious in and of itself. Just follow the instructions from kazman's link and you should be fine.

[AndersonGal]

When I'm in DOS at C: here is what happens:

I typed in delete and the files listed at Kaz site.
I either get invalad switch, invalad path or ?something else.

Any more ideas?
Sorry if I'm driving you all crazy.

Think I'm about in tears here.

[sushiosushi]

Originally posted by AndersonGal
When I'm in DOS at C: here is what happens:

I typed in delete and the files listed at Kaz site.
I either get invalad switch, invalad path or ?something else.

Any more ideas?
Sorry if I'm driving you all crazy.

Think I'm about in tears here.

boot up your puter into dos directly

you'l probably see a c: prompt.

then type: dir

and depending on what operating system you're using you should see a directory called window, windows, winnt, etc. i believe

then type: cd window, or cd windows, etc. for whatever your directory is

then after it moves you to that directory you should see c:\windows, etc. as your prompt

then type: del INETD.EXE

then repeat the "del" with the other files that are listed in Kazman's link.


and that'll be $100 paypal.

[AndersonGal]

if that works, I'm sure the registered DOD perv & and the registered pevette can work SOMETHING out. LOL

Off to give it a try.

[freesurfer]

Has this been taken care of yet??? Just wondering cuz I have some viruses Quarentined as well and am wondering what the heck to do with them.

[tlspiegel -Closed]

Originally posted by freesurfer
Has this been taken care of yet??? Just wondering cuz I have some viruses Quarentined as well and am wondering what the heck to do with them.

After they're quarantined, it's safe to delete them. I had 2 quarantined a while back and because I uninstall and install Norton 2002 I was surprised that it still had the old files kept for me in a log. I went in today and deleted them. Poof, they are gone. You'll get a message asking if you really want to delete and then do it. I like Norton 2002. Always working in the background. I take it on and off because I just don't want it running all the time. When new scares come out I put it back. Housecall is good for a quickie checkup. Also, the problem with anti-virus is it doesn't ALWAYS find trojans. There are some neat li'l programs out that check for those. Lots of email virals are trojan horses.