Files with wierd names are often viruses, worms, or trojans. Are you running up to date antivirus software? If not you should be. You can do a free online virus scan at the following site:
If there are still problems, go to the following site and follow the directions to download and run the analysis tool called HijackThis. Generate a log file, then open it and copy and paste the text of the log file in a message in the Virus Information and Removal forum where one of the HijackThis experts can offer advice on how to fix the problem:
i would be careful, deleting files.. if you start deleting files, and then getting error messages....
unless you give us the exact name of the file in question, there is not much we can tell you..
some security programs use unusual arbitrary file names to fool malware so that malware cannot shut them down..
i did not find "ABOXGWRT" on my computer.. that does not mean that it is an invalid file, there are many variations of software and drivers that you may be using that i am not using..
Message Edited by redwolfe_98 on 07-29-2004 08:22 AM
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Files with wierd names are often viruses, worms, or trojans. Are you running up to date antivirus software? If not you should be. You can do a free online virus scan at the following site:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
You should also download, install, update, and run Ad-Aware and Spybot and allow these programs to remove all of the garbage they find.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download Spybot
If there are still problems, go to the following site and follow the directions to download and run the analysis tool called HijackThis. Generate a log file, then open it and copy and paste the text of the log file in a message in the Virus Information and Removal forum where one of the HijackThis experts can offer advice on how to fix the problem:
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
Steve
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July 29th, 2004 11:00
i would be careful, deleting files.. if you start deleting files, and then getting error messages....
unless you give us the exact name of the file in question, there is not much we can tell you..
some security programs use unusual arbitrary file names to fool malware so that malware cannot shut them down..
i did not find "ABOXGWRT" on my computer.. that does not mean that it is an invalid file, there are many variations of software and drivers that you may be using that i am not using..
Message Edited by redwolfe_98 on 07-29-2004 08:22 AM