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RE: Fxscanner and files


From: Birl <sbirl () temple edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:12:07 -0400 (EDT)

As it was written on Aug 7, thus Sanjay K. Patel spake unto 'Chris DeVoney'...:

sanjay:  Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 01:13:07 -0400
sanjay:  From: Sanjay K. Patel <sanjay.patel () rexwire com>
sanjay:  To: 'Chris DeVoney' <chris_devoney () cybercritic com>,
sanjay:       security-basics () securityfocus com
sanjay:  Subject: RE: Fxscanner and files
sanjay:
sanjay:  There are trailing spaces in the file.
sanjay:
sanjay:  -----Original Message-----
sanjay:  From: Chris DeVoney [mailto:chris_devoney () cybercritic com]
sanjay:  Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:26 PM
sanjay:  To: 'Sanjay K. Patel'; security-basics () securityfocus com
sanjay:  Subject: RE: Fxscanner and files
sanjay:
sanjay:
sanjay:  Check for trailing spaces in the file name.
sanjay:
sanjay:  Try this MS KnowledgeBase article
sanjay:
sanjay:         http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081
sanjay:
sanjay:  cdv
sanjay:
sanjay:  ------------------------
sanjay:  Chris DeVoney
sanjay:  Clinical Research Center Informatics
sanjay:  University of Washington
sanjay:  cdevoney () u washington edu
sanjay:  206-598-6816
sanjay:  ------------------------
sanjay:
sanjay:
sanjay:  > -----Original Message-----
sanjay:  > From: Sanjay K. Patel [mailto:sanjay.patel () rexwire com]
sanjay:  > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:19 PM
sanjay:  > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
sanjay:  > Subject: Fxscanner and files
sanjay:  >
sanjay:  >
sanjay:  >
sanjay:  >
sanjay:  > We found fxscanner installed on one of our box's. The
sanjay:  > anitvirus removed it but now there is a folder called earth
sanjay:  > that we cannot remove. We have tried to take ownership but
sanjay:  > that still does not let us delete the folder. The error we
sanjay:  > get is file not found while deleting.
sanjay:  >
sanjay:  > How can we force folder removal on win2k?
sanjay:  >
sanjay:  > SKP



Download and install the Cygwin utilities (www.cygwin.com)

Then use "rm -Rf -- *earth*" (without quotes).  That should work.



 Scott Birl                              http://concept.temple.edu/sysadmin/
 Senior Systems Administrator            Computer Services   Temple University
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