Upgrading virus software such as Dr Solomans 1

[itm]

While upgrading virus protection software for a friend, I came upon the following error messages: &quot;Unable to locate autoexec.dos and config.dos&quot;. What exactly do these files do? Can the computer operate ok without these files or are these crucial to the operation of the computer? I assume they are not crucial as her computer seems perfectly fine. She later told me that while on the line with tech support months ago, they had walked her through getting rid of an existing virus and had her change and delete certain things. Its possible this is when these were deleted if at all, or maybe these files were missing already? I'm thinking these are part of the Windows DOS shell. Is there a problem? If so what can be done? Thanks for taking the time to read this.<br>ITM<br>

 

[bdux]

Probably a scan program fires up from autoexec.bat before going into Windows . If you are really concerned you can create an empty text file and rename it to autoexec.dos and create and rename one as config.dos . Then when you install the virus program it will be fooled into thinking an autoexec.dos exists and will make the required changes to autoexec.dos and config.dos that it deems necessary. Config.sys would be for when you shell to dos but on my computers mcafee actually does a scan from the autoexec program before windows starts up .From memory&nbsp;&nbsp;autoexec.dos would be for a system with dual boot up . When boot up is to dos it would actually copy autoexec.bat to a different name and then copy autoexec.dos to autoexec.bat and execute it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

 

[itm]

Thanks very much.&nbsp;&nbsp;I didn't expect a reply so quickly. You guys rule.