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A good option for hardware scans is Spinrite. Kristian Shaw escribió: > Hello, > > I would also suspect the health of the disk at this stage. > > If if any doubt as to the condition of the disk, never ever run > chkdsk! I've chkdsk destroy folder information that was otherwise > readable in an attempt to correct other errors caused by bad sectors. > > I've had good sucess with the free downloads of the manufacturers' > hardware diagnostics tools in identifying failing hard drives (that > generally check out as OK apart despite funnies). > > Regards, > > Kris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Sutterfield" > <shaun at prointegrations dot com> > To: "Ryan Rodrigue" <Ebay at aarelectronics dot com> > Cc: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch> > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:41 PM > Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] OT Strange Virus? > > >> This may be reaching (meaning, I doubt the odds but it's worth a >> try)... have you ran CHKDSK to look for directory problems? If you >> have some odd damage in your directories, perhaps the images are >> being orphaned or deleted when the OS tries to build thumbnails in >> the background? >> >> Start -> Run -> cmd >> then run CHKDSK C: /f >> Say yes to scan on next boot, and repeat for all of your other drives >> (if asked if you want to forcefully unmount, say no and then it will >> give you the option to run on next boot). Reboot and let it scan. >> >> Remember that CHKDSK will often reboot and run again if it finds >> problems, let it continue to do as many times as it wants. >> >> - Shaun >> >> Ryan Rodrigue wrote: >>> Thanx Kimmo, >>> >>> I use this soley with older windows types. Since windows 2000 and >>> XP boxes >>> have been added I tried a cd based AV I found, but it offered no way to >>> update its definitions and I found it completely useless. Thanks. I >>> appreciate the link. I will give the bootable CD another go. >Ryan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Lee Sharp [mailto:leesharp at hal dash pc dot org] >>> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:06 PM >>> To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] OT Strange Virus? >>> >>> >>> From: "Kimmo Jaskari" <kimmo dot jaskari at gmail dot com> >>>> On 8/3/06, Ryan L. Rodrigue <Ebay at aarelectronics dot com> wrote: >>> >>>>> did you try yanking the HD out of the machine and adding it to >>>>> another >>>>> machine as a spare > and running the virus and malware scans? I have >>>>> done this and am yet to get a virus I have > not been able to get >>>>> rid of. >>> >>>> Anyone administrating boxes (be they Windows or any other kind) should >>>> have a bootable CD to run antivirus etc scans from. One a Windows box >>>> is rooted, it's completely untrustworthy until you zap the drive and >>>> reinstall from scratch (more so than a Windows box is usually, I >>>> mean.) >>> >>> Pebuilder is nice, but UBCD 4 Win is a configured PE Builder that is as >>> simple to make as can be. http://www.ubcd4win.com/ Several malware >>> and >>> virus scanners. But no help in this case. >>> >>> For the record, the only odd thing I have found is with filemon. I >>> have no >>> clue what this means, and there is now good string to search... >>> Several >>> pages if this in several directories as soon as I one one. >>> >>> 353 1:23:58 PM explorer.exe:1256 OPEN C:\Documents and >>> Settings\Cap'n\Desktop\Scooby\AWD.jpg\:Docf_QebiesnrMkudrfcoIaamtykdDa:$DAT >>> >>> A >>> NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: Read >>> 354 1:23:58 PM explorer.exe:1256 OPEN C:\Documents and >>> Settings\Cap'n\Desktop\Scooby\AWD.jpg\:QebiesnrMkudrfcoIaamtykdDa:$DATA >>> NOT >>> FOUND Options: Open Access: Read >>> 355 1:23:58 PM explorer.exe:1256 OPEN C:\Documents and >>> Settings\Cap'n\Desktop\Scooby\AWD.jpg\:Docf_QebiesnrMkudrfcoIaamtykdDa:$DAT >>> >>> A >>> NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: Read >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch |