trojan horse trouble

[draboo]

i recently received the following virus in the attachment. avg said it healed it ok,but i keep getting this message on the screen. i ve run the virus scan 6 times or so since i ve been getting this message,but come up with no virus` at all.

when i look at the results of the scan,it shows some files cannot be accessed . could this be why the scan doesnt pick it up??

why do i keep getting this warning??

thanks for any input

brad

[Tazzin]

I searched for that Trojan on SARC and it didn't return with any results. I suggest going into your system and manually deleting the file.

[OuTpaTienT]

Correct. You normally can access the System Volume Information folder. Pretty tricky for virus to hide itself in there. Smart.

But you can manually give yourself access to the folder. Then maybe try running the avg again.

Just right click on the folder and choose Properties. Then goto the Security tab. Check the boxes in the Allow column then click on advanced. Goto the Owner tab and highlight your administrator profile and click apply. Then click OK to exit the dialog. You should now be able to view the contents of that folder.

[OuTpaTienT]

Ooops. i meant to say "you normally can't access the System Information Volume folder.

(Strange how being banned from one particular forum means you also can't edit your own messages in ANY friggin' forum. Complete bs imo.)

[sam]

just a thought try turning off your system restore thus clearing all your past restore points that might help

[OuTpaTienT]

Originally posted by sam
just a thought try turning off your system restore thus clearing all your past restore points that might help

Not sure how that would help. The System Information Volume doesn't contain restore information, that I know of.

[Beemer]

System Volume Information contains nothing but restore points. Turn off System Restore and delete the folder.

Turn on System Restore and reboot. The System Volume Information folder will be recreated by Windows.

Cheers!

[draboo]

i attempted to allow access to that folder thru contol panel/folder options/ and unchecking the two boxes about allowing access to hidden folders. some i can access(they are folders that are rather dim looking)but i cannot access the system volume info folder. access is still denied. its the only one that i cannot access.

wow,this is some m.f. of a virus. and i only had my a.v software off for around 2 days(accidently). its not causing anything,but i m sure it would if i used system restore.

i have three regbackups just in case.

i m gonna attempt to delete the folder. we ll see what happens.

edit: cannot access or delete the system volume folder. i even tried rebooting. access is denied.

think safe mode may help?? naaah, i dont think so.

well,i m out of ideas again

anyone else??

thanks

brad

[elroy]

Try booting from a floppy disk and deleting it. This may be more of a spyware issue than virus.

[Bill in SD, CA]

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