Brian Dixon
8th Jan 2006, 15:56
Hi all.
I need a bit of help, please.
I run a Win XP machine, and regularly update and use F-Prot as my virus checker. I also use the on-line Trend Micro as a back-up virus checker, but have been having a few problems with that one of late.
Anyhoo... F-Prot has picked up a suspicious file that I am having great difficulty locating and removing. The file is called A0021218.exe and the file path is given as follows: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{F1C1C3C9-25FF-4E75-A8D8-79324AE6DADE}\RP191\
I have run Hijack This, but it doesn't show up. I have run the file find program on XP, but it doesn't show up there either. Ad Aware didn't help either.
Any clues? I was recently hit with something that installed an unwanted toolbar on my machine (similar to the Google toolbar), but forget it's name - sorry.
I use IE and Outlook Express for all things Internet.
I've a horrible feeling that I've been hijacked, but would appreciate any advice (as usual - in words of one syllable or less) on how to remove the little blighter from my machine. I've 'Googled' the .exe filename but didn't find anything that helped me.
As always, I'm grateful for your help and advice.
Regards,
Brian
I need a bit of help, please.
I run a Win XP machine, and regularly update and use F-Prot as my virus checker. I also use the on-line Trend Micro as a back-up virus checker, but have been having a few problems with that one of late.
Anyhoo... F-Prot has picked up a suspicious file that I am having great difficulty locating and removing. The file is called A0021218.exe and the file path is given as follows: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{F1C1C3C9-25FF-4E75-A8D8-79324AE6DADE}\RP191\
I have run Hijack This, but it doesn't show up. I have run the file find program on XP, but it doesn't show up there either. Ad Aware didn't help either.
Any clues? I was recently hit with something that installed an unwanted toolbar on my machine (similar to the Google toolbar), but forget it's name - sorry.
I use IE and Outlook Express for all things Internet.
I've a horrible feeling that I've been hijacked, but would appreciate any advice (as usual - in words of one syllable or less) on how to remove the little blighter from my machine. I've 'Googled' the .exe filename but didn't find anything that helped me.
As always, I'm grateful for your help and advice.
Regards,
Brian