Is this a virus or something else? Disappearing folder named

Is this a virus or something else? Disappearing folder named "system", then can't delete the parent

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Is this a virus or something else? Disappearing folder named "system", then can't delete the parent Mark S 06-06-2006
Posted by Mark S on June 6, 2006, 6:28 pm
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When I create a folder on our windows 2003 server, and create another folder
inside that one called "System", it changes it back to "New Folder", then
disappears. When I try and delete the parent folder it wont allow me to
delete it and says the folder is not empty. I have view hidden files
enabled. Is this a virus or what? I've found nothing on the net regarding
this problem.
Mark S


Posted by David H. Lipman on June 6, 2006, 6:39 pm
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| When I create a folder on our windows 2003 server, and create another folder
| inside that one called "System", it changes it back to "New Folder", then
| disappears. When I try and delete the parent folder it wont allow me to
| delete it and says the folder is not empty. I have view hidden files
| enabled. Is this a virus or what? I've found nothing on the net regarding
| this problem.
| Mark S

I don't think it is a virus. However, I may be wrong.
You need to do more "investigative" work on this concerning loaded Services and
the account
used.

In case it is a known virus...

Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go
through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal
Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the
PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you
can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded
the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode
[F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run
in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive
PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?QmFzdGFyZCBTaGVlcA== on June 20, 2006, 10:18 pm
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Do you have Windows Explorer set to display hidden files and folders as well
as system ones etc? It's sounding to me like either your system is set to
hide these and Windows is getting confused into thinking this IS a system
directory, or else like you have a rootkit.

Unfortunately I haven't had much of an opportunity to investigate rootkit
detection/removal software so there's little more I can do than hopefully
nudge you in the right direction.
--
---------------------
Bastard Sheep
http://bastardsheep.blogspot.com/


"David H. Lipman" wrote:

>
> | When I create a folder on our windows 2003 server, and create another folder
> | inside that one called "System", it changes it back to "New Folder", then
> | disappears. When I try and delete the parent folder it wont allow me to
> | delete it and says the folder is not empty. I have view hidden files
> | enabled. Is this a virus or what? I've found nothing on the net regarding
> | this problem.
> | Mark S
>
> I don't think it is a virus. However, I may be wrong.
> You need to do more "investigative" work on this concerning loaded Services
and the account
> used.
>
> In case it is a known virus...
>
> Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
> http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
>
> To use this utility, perform the following...
> Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
>
> NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go
through your
> FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>
> C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
> This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in
Normal Mode.
> This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
> The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot
the PC.
>
> You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or
you can
> download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded
the files
> needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe
Mode [F8 key
> during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to
run in Safe
> Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
>
> When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more
comprehensive PDF help
> file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm
>
> Additional Instructions:
> http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
>
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
>

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