Spam Filter Evasion text attachment is 'undeletable'!!

[johnbullas]

Ok, doing some housekeeping, I wanted to move the active directory for Eudora from one drive to another

I have discovered there are TWO files in the directory that totally refuse to be moved or deleted...they don't appear to have a filename only VAST dialogues(?).... have tired to delete then via a CMD window and good ol' DOS but without success ... how can i get rid of them???

This is what I see when I DOS .... dir *.*>dir.txt

Looks like files set to confuse anti spam software with a vast array of random text

=======================

Volume in drive E is WIN2K_PROGS
Volume Serial Number is C842-29D5

Directory of E:\Eudora_active_folder 09 04 2006\Embe

15/04/2006 07:34 <DIR> .
15/04/2006 07:34 <DIR> ..
15/03/2006 21:13 13,482 croydon gestalt colossal osgood rehabilitate compagnie bullseye goodman image incarcerate richard anaplasmosis bema analyst instigate railbird brainy pour suspicious lexicon scan gamble heretofore tnt hearst dementia turn ass
07/04/2006 07:30 13,482 jeroboam lumpy donaldson fount lend thereon imbrue alpenstock complementation pleat motion bedazzle boatswain infringe slip lucas kingsbury venereal exudate ridgepole boar aphrodite strove cutout classroom dictionary revenge t
15/04/2006 07:34 0 Text Document.txt
3 File(s) 26,964 bytes
2 Dir(s) 27,996,493,824 bytes free

 

[johnbullas]

Results of an attempt to eradicate them!!!

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

E:\>cd E:\Eudora_active_folder 09 04 2006\Embe

E:\Eudora_active_folder 09 04 2006\Embe>del *.*
E:\Eudora_active_folder 09 04 2006\Embe\*.*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The path E:\Eudora_active_folder 09 04 2006\Embe\croydon gestalt colossal osgood
rehabilitate compagnie bullseye goodman image incarcerate richard anaplasmosis
bema analyst instigate railbird brainy pour suspicious lexicon scan gamble heret
ofore tnt hearst dementia turn ass is too long.

E:\Eudora_active_folder 09 04 2006\Embe>ren *.* *.txt
The system cannot accept the path
or file name requested.

 

[linney]

There are several varied and mixed suggestions for you to look at in these threads.

Invalid or illegal filename
thread779-1173058

Can't delete files w/ invalid names
thread779-1080580

Bogey file of zero bytes
thread779-852492

 

[johnbullas]

.
From the first thread:

Can you rename it, then delete it?
. The freeware version of this utility should be able to delete the file:

http://www.jrtwine.com/Products/DelFXPFiles/index.htm

Worked first time!!!!!

Regards

John