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Mandy Shaw
Hallo,
I have a problem on my Windows XP Home installation. It is not possible to
write to files with names like *com.dll.
I first observed this when attempting to re-install Norton Anti-Virus 2003
(which has a couple of files with names of the relevant format). However
even 'echo garbage >c:\temp\testcom.dll' comes up with an error.
I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot and CWShredder, also installed SP1a (PC was on
SP1 previously). Virus scan (Symantec online, since NAV won't install) comes
up clean.
Definitely had a CoolWeb infestation at one point, this proved hard to
eradicate (am unconvinced it's quite gone yet), I suspect this may have been
the root of the trouble.
I can see from various other forums that others are having similar problems,
but as yet I can't see that anyone has found a solution.
File system is OK, it's Windows XP that is the problem [thank goodness, I
suppose] - I can share the file system from elsewhere (Windows 2000) and
write out a *com.dll file with no trouble at all.
Anyone have any clues?
Many thanks
Mandy
I have a problem on my Windows XP Home installation. It is not possible to
write to files with names like *com.dll.
I first observed this when attempting to re-install Norton Anti-Virus 2003
(which has a couple of files with names of the relevant format). However
even 'echo garbage >c:\temp\testcom.dll' comes up with an error.
I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot and CWShredder, also installed SP1a (PC was on
SP1 previously). Virus scan (Symantec online, since NAV won't install) comes
up clean.
Definitely had a CoolWeb infestation at one point, this proved hard to
eradicate (am unconvinced it's quite gone yet), I suspect this may have been
the root of the trouble.
I can see from various other forums that others are having similar problems,
but as yet I can't see that anyone has found a solution.
File system is OK, it's Windows XP that is the problem [thank goodness, I
suppose] - I can share the file system from elsewhere (Windows 2000) and
write out a *com.dll file with no trouble at all.
Anyone have any clues?
Many thanks
Mandy