Hi All,
I know that this is prob not the right place to ask this question but I’m hoping someone here will be able to help.
I’ve been looking for some info everywhere starting with the Windows XP Bible (desktop ed) which I have and think is great, then on the net,
(Google searches, forum searches, random word searches etc.) and cannot find the answer I’m looking for,
so you really are my last resort.......so no pressure there or anything
Right the problem is this;
I have a peer to peer file sharing programme on my pc. I get attacked by all the usual virus’s, Trojans, key-loggers add ware etc, most times I use it, but as I have Norton firewall and virus protection these prove to be more of a minor nuisance than genuine threat so I continue unabated.
About one month ago I downloaded a jpeg, the file name was 2 kittens with bows, I thought my gf would enjoy it, however when I tried to open it the file name came up as 2 kittens with bows as well as a huge list of other words like porn, sex, wild, young things..., you get the picture I’m sure, also nothing came up in the viewer window other that the “couldn’t load file” message?
Fair enough I thought, and moved it into the trash only to see it spring straight back to where it had been in the shared folder?
I right clicked the mouse to delete it from there but only a limited menu came up, the items were preview, move and edit; the move only moved a shortcut and the edit done nothing at all? (the same thing happened with keyboard shortcuts).
I tried to remove it by using Norton wipe info but this did not recognise it as a file, I found a shareware programme called Unlocker which works brilliantly with any other programme or file on my pc but does not seem to see this corrupted jpeg file.
In frustration I deleted the whole file (including the folder called shared files) then replaced the folder in the same place on the c: drive and never really gave it too much more thought.
Then the other night whilst downloading a jpeg of laurel and hardy the same thing happened. I deleted the shared folder again and that was that, however, I have started to worry that even though I have deleted the folder the file inside may still be active as it is actually still intact within the deleted folder and could be working as a virus or Trojan, data miner, key-logger or something else that I am not even aware of?
If you could offer any help or advice I’d be very grateful, even if you reply and say that you’ve never encountered anything like this before and that you’ve not got a clue how to help I’d still appreciate the input and then I’d know that I need to look elsewhere.
Ps, the MS windows home sites are worse than useless, so don’t look towards them for info or advice unless of course you know something I don’t??
Also, I think this is important but don’t know why, when I thought about the file being a jpeg I thought I could edit/destroy it with photoshop but the rouge file closes photoshop down instantly, the second you put the cursor over the corrupted file name photoshop just shuts down!
Thanks All
Uplater.
I know that this is prob not the right place to ask this question but I’m hoping someone here will be able to help.
I’ve been looking for some info everywhere starting with the Windows XP Bible (desktop ed) which I have and think is great, then on the net,
(Google searches, forum searches, random word searches etc.) and cannot find the answer I’m looking for,
so you really are my last resort.......so no pressure there or anything
Right the problem is this;
I have a peer to peer file sharing programme on my pc. I get attacked by all the usual virus’s, Trojans, key-loggers add ware etc, most times I use it, but as I have Norton firewall and virus protection these prove to be more of a minor nuisance than genuine threat so I continue unabated.
About one month ago I downloaded a jpeg, the file name was 2 kittens with bows, I thought my gf would enjoy it, however when I tried to open it the file name came up as 2 kittens with bows as well as a huge list of other words like porn, sex, wild, young things..., you get the picture I’m sure, also nothing came up in the viewer window other that the “couldn’t load file” message?
Fair enough I thought, and moved it into the trash only to see it spring straight back to where it had been in the shared folder?
I right clicked the mouse to delete it from there but only a limited menu came up, the items were preview, move and edit; the move only moved a shortcut and the edit done nothing at all? (the same thing happened with keyboard shortcuts).
I tried to remove it by using Norton wipe info but this did not recognise it as a file, I found a shareware programme called Unlocker which works brilliantly with any other programme or file on my pc but does not seem to see this corrupted jpeg file.
In frustration I deleted the whole file (including the folder called shared files) then replaced the folder in the same place on the c: drive and never really gave it too much more thought.
Then the other night whilst downloading a jpeg of laurel and hardy the same thing happened. I deleted the shared folder again and that was that, however, I have started to worry that even though I have deleted the folder the file inside may still be active as it is actually still intact within the deleted folder and could be working as a virus or Trojan, data miner, key-logger or something else that I am not even aware of?
If you could offer any help or advice I’d be very grateful, even if you reply and say that you’ve never encountered anything like this before and that you’ve not got a clue how to help I’d still appreciate the input and then I’d know that I need to look elsewhere.
Ps, the MS windows home sites are worse than useless, so don’t look towards them for info or advice unless of course you know something I don’t??
Also, I think this is important but don’t know why, when I thought about the file being a jpeg I thought I could edit/destroy it with photoshop but the rouge file closes photoshop down instantly, the second you put the cursor over the corrupted file name photoshop just shuts down!
Thanks All
Uplater.