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I have an issue that is driving me nuts,
I am running a web werver with email, mercury mail to be
exact.
My server was breached and used as a relay of some sort, I
have since turned off FTP.
The problem I have is whoever did this installed many
directories on my hard drive that contain data that I
cannot delete. I can view the directories and tha contents
(in some cases they are empty) but cannot remove them.
Strange errors like access denied, directory does not
exist are coming up.
I have tried the dos route, nothing what can I do to
remove these directories, some of the directories do have
what looks like unacceptable characters inthem, could this
be the problem?

Perplexed
 
I have an issue that is driving me nuts,
I am running a web werver with email, mercury mail to be
exact.
My server was breached and used as a relay of some sort, I
have since turned off FTP.
The problem I have is whoever did this installed many
directories on my hard drive that contain data that I
cannot delete. I can view the directories and tha contents
(in some cases they are empty) but cannot remove them.
Strange errors like access denied, directory does not
exist are coming up.
I have tried the dos route, nothing what can I do to
remove these directories, some of the directories do have
what looks like unacceptable characters inthem, could this
be the problem?

Perplexed
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Yes the problem is these directores have reserved file names like COM1
or LP1 or contain invalid characters. This is a favorite method of
hackers. If the directory structure is complex then it will be
impossible to clean it up and you will have to rebuild. Give Microsoft a
call and open a case and we will help you with this. However as I say
you may have to rebuild.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team
 
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