Best way to cleanse it is to turn it off. You lose all restore points though. Thank you, Eric Vogel http://shelluser.mvps.org http://msn.mvps.org http://www.msmvps.com/shelluser ----- Original Message ----- From: Cuffy10@xxxxxxx To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:33 PM Subject: [CTS] Re: shutting off write protect In a message dated 2/1/05 7:26:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, Madrachod@xxxxxxx writes: C:\_RESTORE\TEMP\A0001696 Isn't this Restore folder protected so you can't delete any from it. Bruce gave you some instructions awhile back about shutting down Restore, cleaning the trojan and then restarting the Restore feature. I don't have the restore feature so I can't help you there