Why do I have a Nuke Bat in my MSDOS?? Is it something I need or can I delete it?? If so how do I delete it?? thanks

Why don't you open (edit) the batch file and see what it does? Any text editor should suffice.

Okay, I did that and copied what it said.... @echo off :: You may delete this file DELTREE /Y c:\UBD1 for %%v in ("prompt $e[m" "echo on" cls) do %%v exit Can I really delete this without anything not working in my computer?? The reason I'm so leery right now, is I just had the YAHA worm. What do you say? Thanks

This file will delete the ubd1 sub-directory on c:, if it exists. As for the variables, can't say. Secret_Doom (for one) would know, he'll be along shortly.

So do I need the ubd1 sub-directory on C:??? Let me know what secret_doom says Thanks

It depends on what's in it and its use (if any). It's not a normal windows directory. (Ultimate Boot Disk?) You can check the contents of your c:\config.sys and c:\autoexec.bat files and see if its called in either of those (I doubt it). Also, you could open a dos window and type in; dir/a/w/o c:\ubd1>c:\subdir.txt then exit dos and post the contents of c:\subdir.txt here. "Let me know what secret_doom says" (Secret_Doom is a member of this forum. He'll post if he sees this.)

I've only been able to read and reply to this message by now. It's old already, but since my name have been mentioned so many times, I decided to reply. Let's see the line: for %%v in ("prompt $e[m" "echo on" cls) do %%v That is the same as: prompt $e[m echo on cls That makes nothing great. Something with the prompt command, not sure what, something with the DOS font (the letters and all that) but it's nothing great, then turns the ECHO on (which is not necessary) and clears the screen (cls). All the batch does is delete the folder ubd1 located at c:\ (if it exists), that's all. I see no warm in deleting it (delete it at your own risk). -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br