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11-06-2004, 12:12 AM
I've searched through Google without any luck and I don't know any computer support forums so I thought I'd check here for help.
Every once in a while, I get a program that automatically starts running on my computer. It starts with a file called hydra.dat that then deletes itself but it creates a file called app.exe first on the root of my C drive.
The file app.exe cannot be deleted since it says that the file is in use.
I've been able to avoid it in the past by restoring my computer to an earlier time with the use of GoBack but the most recent time I was able to delete it by use of the Command Prompt.
I run AVG Anti-Virus with the most recent updates but it never detects any virus activity. I've also run Adaware and Spybot S&D ( both with the latest updates ) but nothing is detected with these programs.
Has anyone come across this before? Is it anything that I should be worried about? I thought that the files were getting launched via the registry but nothing is picking anything up to this effect.
Every once in a while, I get a program that automatically starts running on my computer. It starts with a file called hydra.dat that then deletes itself but it creates a file called app.exe first on the root of my C drive.
The file app.exe cannot be deleted since it says that the file is in use.
I've been able to avoid it in the past by restoring my computer to an earlier time with the use of GoBack but the most recent time I was able to delete it by use of the Command Prompt.
I run AVG Anti-Virus with the most recent updates but it never detects any virus activity. I've also run Adaware and Spybot S&D ( both with the latest updates ) but nothing is detected with these programs.
Has anyone come across this before? Is it anything that I should be worried about? I thought that the files were getting launched via the registry but nothing is picking anything up to this effect.