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Can I delete rbbad.cab file?
Name: StephenSS Date: February 4, 2003 at 06:12:00 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: 233 112K
Comment:
Norton tells me I have the W32.Opaserv(win.ini) virus. But can't delete or quarantine the files. I have run the Opaserv tool a number of times and when I then scan it still says I'm infected.
The infected file seems to be C:\windows\sysbckup\rbbad.cab
Can I simply try manually deleting this file or is it somehow vital!
Name: mesich Date: February 4, 2003 at 06:20:43 Pacific
Reply:
The rbbad.cab is normally a bad backup of the registry. You can delete it.
Mesich
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Response Number 2
Name: Derek Date: February 4, 2003 at 13:02:48 Pacific
Reply:
I'm 99% sure that it also produces one for the previous registry after you do scanreg /fix (sorta assumes the one you are fixing is dud).
So very pedantically there is just a chance that rbbad.cab was a good regisry if the fix didn't improve anything. I usually delete mine just the same....
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Response Number 3
Name: mesich Date: February 5, 2003 at 06:51:18 Pacific
Reply:
I was not aware that scanreg/fix would do such. I am now though. I just ran it and sure enough rbbad.cab file was created.
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