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Hard drive filled.sa27? Malware?
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Name: rawbee
Date: January 5, 2006 at 21:01:09 Pacific
Subject: Hard drive filled.sa27? Malware?OS: xpCPU/Ram: 1gb |
Comment: I had 20gb left on my 80gb hard drivr, but one day it was all gone. I found a application on my computer that was over 20gb in size. It was listed as "sa27." I can't delete it and don't know what to do.
PLEASE HELP.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Johnw
Date: January 5, 2006 at 21:54:40 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Download Pocket Killbox & it may do the trick. May have to use safe mode.
http://www.downloads.subratam.org/KillBox.zip
How to start Windows XP in Safe mode
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001060608000039
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222&Product=winxp
http://www.whtvcable.com/virusremoval%20.htm Still need to find out why. Download HiJackThis, install & run to get a log file. Don't fix anything yet.
You then post the log file at the site provided below & it will tell you what to fix.
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ HijackThis log file analysis & repair ( online )
http://hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english
Or,
http://startup.networktechs.com/page-68.html
http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/
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Response Number 2
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Name: XpUser4Real
Date: January 5, 2006 at 23:37:27 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)sa27 looks to me like Spy Axe. You may want to look into Spy Axe removal. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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