deleting .pif files

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i recently got sent a file on msn, which i thought was safe, so i opened it.
it turned out to be a series of .pif shortcut to ms-dos program files. they
wont allow msn to work properly, and my computer is very slow. i tried to
delete them, but they just reappear as soon as i do. how can i get rid of
them?! they are ruining my pc!

 

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Most if not all .pif extensions contain a virus of one type or other.
Go here and do a scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

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"fairyclarey" <fairyclarey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i recently got sent a file on msn, which i thought was safe, so i opened it.
> it turned out to be a series of .pif shortcut to ms-dos program files. they
> wont allow msn to work properly, and my computer is very slow. i tried to
> delete them, but they just reappear as soon as i do. how can i get rid of
> them?! they are ruining my pc!