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As long as you're sure they're not virus files, or other malware, click Start, Run and enter CMD. Enter ATTRIB /? for the command line options for ATTRIB (Attribute). You can clear the System bit on one, or more files.
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"John" <JOhn6328@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:%23$aRSUDhFHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm pretty sure I'm virus free. I use Avast, PestPatrol, and Win Patrol.
> I'm also very caeful. Also running XP 2 so it tells me if the virus
> thing isn't up to date.
>
> I believe it has something to do with transfering files from cd's and my
> little hard disk usb port thing. They are all picture files.
>
> I used sophos for awhile but had truoble updating it.
>
> John
>
> David H. Lipman wrote:
>
>> From: "John" <JOhn6328@mchsi.com>
>>
>> | I have a number of files marked as system files which shouldn't be.
>> | jpg's zip's other picture files doc files etc. etc. They were copied
>> | from disks of one sort or another.
>> |
>> | How does this happen? How can I reverse it? When I defrag it leaves
>> | these files spread out all over the disk. Every time I go to manipulate
>> | them in some way xp complains about it.
>> |
>> | Help
>> |
>> | Thanks
>> |
>> | John
>>
>>
>> Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
>>
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
>>
>> It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
>>
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, five Kixtart scripts, one Link
>> (.LNK) file, this PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
>> simplify the process of using up to 3 different Anti Virus Command Line Scanners to remove
>> viruses and various other malware.
>>
>> 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, Exit the 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.
>>
>> 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 and/or FTP.EXE to go
>> through your FireWall to allow them to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>>
>> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>>
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