[pchelpers] Re: Protected infection in system volume folder

  • From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:25:30 +1300

George T. Cox wrote:
> John Durham wrote:
>> A0006734.EXE=wise0038 is lurking in my system folder (write protected) 
>> on my D: drive. There is a lot of stuff on this drive, so I'm reluctant 
>> to format it. Bitdefender was unable to remove due to the protection.
>>
>> Obviously one solution would be to format the drive and start again. Has 
>> anyone got smarter less destructive ones?
>>   
> Can't you change the file attributes from a command prompt?
Just tried:
attrib -r -s d:/system
It responded:
File not found - D:/system
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