Hi there,

I don't ask many questions here. But I have one today.
I have this file in windows\system32 dir.
It was left there by a computer virus.
I have already been thru all the virus stuff, I just need to delete this file.
This is what I have done so far. All say access denied. (file remains)

Safe mode. no luck
windows repair console same , access denied
winternals boot disk ,, does not see Windows XP home directory. So no good.

I have free dos (NTFSBOOT) disk,, I can drill to the file. no delete.

knoppix doesn't see the hard disk in this laptop.

The laptop runs fine, but maleware bytes and spyware bytes report this file as an issue. I can say ignore to this file, and I see no lingering issue with it.

There is no mention of it in the registry.

hijack this sees the file,, checking it off, does not get it.

In all my years I have never been to a place where a file can't be deleted.
I understand the concept that you may erase a file, but a virus puts it back. Something is locking this file.

I tried several download.com file erasers. they work on the dll, but the end result is , it can't remove the file.
Sorry I am making this a long story.
Give me the magic bullet so I can erase this file.

Thanks
Bill