[pchelpers] Re: Read only persisting

George T. Cox wrote:
> In Vista when attributes won't change in spite of the fact that you have 
> administrator privileges one has to "take ownership" of the file or 
> directory in question before changing the attributes will work. I can't 
> explain how to do it because I barely understand it myself, but this 
> should point you in the right direction.
Ah, this is happening in an XP system. I am beginning to think that 
shredding the infected files (one of which is Thunderbird email)may be 
the only way to eradicate it.
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