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Need to Delete write protected program.. help
Name: Benjamin Date: January 26, 2000 at 05:53:19 Pacific
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Someone put a trojan virus on my computer. I deleted all the files except one which wont delete becaause it's write protected. I need to know if there is anyway to delete this thing. Thanks
Name: Steve Date: January 26, 2000 at 06:53:50 Pacific
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Benjamin...determine the name of the file...go to explorer, find the file, go to properties of that file and you will find 4 check boxes...uncheck the "read only" box...then delete...Good Luck Steve
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Response Number 2
Name: unisol Date: January 26, 2000 at 07:36:49 Pacific
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In my opinion after ANY kind of virus, you should format the disk using a write-protected clean bootdisk
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Response Number 3
Name: Kakaru Keys Date: January 26, 2000 at 07:44:49 Pacific
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Write-protected is different from read-only. Try delete it in MS-DOS?
You should use a clean antivirus rescue disk to remove the trojan.
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Response Number 4
Name: ironman28 Date: January 26, 2000 at 09:05:42 Pacific
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boot .from a write protected boot disk and find the file and delete.technically you can delete any file in windows except the one the computer is using .
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Response Number 5
Name: Travis Date: August 20, 2001 at 17:41:39 Pacific
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I have a file on my computer that is write protected and i can't delete it. I tried to uncheck the read only box and that still didn't work. What should i do?
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