I have a weird one!!! In trying to solve other problems with the help of RIED in the HJT forum, I have stumbled on what I think is a BIG problem. I am trying to run the programs recommended by Ried (Ewido, Panda, etc), but when the scan gets to the system folder C:\documents and settings\owner\application data\microsoft\protect.
There is a folder in there along with a CREDHIST file. The folder is a string of number\letter combinations, but when I try to open it locks up the comp. When I try to right click to see properties, it never finds the end for size and number of files. After 10 minutes it was still 'counting' and was over 1 gig and 300,000 files and counting.
I did a search for file *.* in that folder and was able to see that each file looked like a string of numbers and letters and was less than 1k each, but the search was never ending either. I have had Panda running since midnight last night and it is still on that folder 10 hours later...I don't know if it will ever end.
Does anyone have a clue on this?
Can delete these files? I looked on my other 2 computers, and they both only have about a dozen files in the protect folder.
Thanks in Advance,
TB
There is a folder in there along with a CREDHIST file. The folder is a string of number\letter combinations, but when I try to open it locks up the comp. When I try to right click to see properties, it never finds the end for size and number of files. After 10 minutes it was still 'counting' and was over 1 gig and 300,000 files and counting.
I did a search for file *.* in that folder and was able to see that each file looked like a string of numbers and letters and was less than 1k each, but the search was never ending either. I have had Panda running since midnight last night and it is still on that folder 10 hours later...I don't know if it will ever end.
Does anyone have a clue on this?
Can delete these files? I looked on my other 2 computers, and they both only have about a dozen files in the protect folder.
Thanks in Advance,
TB