Greetings to all, This is kind of long please bear with me..About 3 yrs ago I had a problem with a Gateway computer during a system restore, after downloading Kaspersky anivirus. I coudn't get windows to load. It seemed the OS was missing? Anyway needing a computer I rushed out and got a Dell Dimension 3000, and used the harddrive from the Gateway as a backup, and I was then able to open it up. To this day I have no clue as to what exactly happened. So I deleted every file in that drive opening up room to back up files from c-drive, save movies etc. Before doing this I ran virus scans using Avast! and various other aniviral/spyware software and nothing was found, however there are 2 files that cant be opened, moved or deleted. This made me suspicious so after reading these forums (the greatest btw) I got rid of Spybot and I downloaded A-Squared free version and scanned both drives. I was impressed at how sensitive this program is. and it is the only one that found 3 trojans in the 2nd HD! In the files that were undeletable, unmovable etc. So.. I deleted the trojans and now I can open them up. It is "Adobe" and "owner", from the old OS. When I open Adobe, inside is WINNT, inside that is, system 32, and inside that folder is boatloads of folders pertaining to the old Windows xp home OS. I managed to delete every single file in there creating nearly 1 GB of free space, all except "igfxres.dll". When I even click on that thing to check properties the computer runs slow, and trying to delete it I get this message-"can not delete igfxres.dll Data error (cyclic redundancy check). It seems this file might be the source of my troubles when the old OS died?? It says it is an Application extension, is compressed, and is 152 KBs in size! As far as the folder named "owner"..when I put the curser on it, it's telling me it's empty, but again I can't open it or move it , nor delete it, so I just don't mess with it at all. I have been using this drive as a place to store stuff to conserve space on the main OS drive as it's only 40 gb. I plan on tuning this computer up when finances allow, with more ram memory, and a bigger more up to date flat screen monitor, but this problem is driving me insane, and I hope some of you folks like a challenge and can help out, thanks and sorry for the long post! Jon
I guess failed to mention That I was/still a computer caveman and I was just happy that my wifes stuff was still on that drive, so I transfered it over to the new drive and started using as it was deleting stuff as I went along. I wish I would have tried that, just didn't know better LOL! Do you guys think that would have gotten rid of the trojans and the files in question?
"Do you guys think that would have gotten rid of the trojans and the files in question? " It would have provided that the trojan wasn't embedded in any of the files that you saved.
I didn't transfer any files from the old HD without scanning them first, if that's what you mean. I've been scanning both drives at least 1 time a week and Avast didn't alert me to anything. Only after using A-Squared recently were these bugs found- E:\ADOBE UNREMOVABLE\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$\userinit.exe Deleted Trojan.Win32.Genome.cfod!A2 E:\ADOBE UNREMOVABLE\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$\dllhost.exe Deleted Trojan.Win32.Genome.deiq!A2 E:\ADOBE UNREMOVABLE\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$\alg.exe Deleted Trojan.Win32.Genome.cxdi!A2 BTW,I added the "unremovable" tag to the folder to locate it easier. Like I said , I deleted a lot of files inside the thing except that darn "igfxres.dll". I guess I might have to keep dealing with it until I get the new HD I want. Thanks for the replies, I at least learned that I can clean up a HD a much easier way by formatting.
Yes I read on how to do it. Ok I decided to dig this old thread up because I have taken the advice and tried to format my 2nd drive without success. I posted the problem in the Windows forum and haven't gotten too much help. Can somebody give this problem a shot? http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-165/need_advice_on_formatting_a_2nd_hdd-861286/
