Greg wrote: > In C:\windows\ the file "nnotepad.exe" remained as I had changed it and a > brand new (from the same date as the renamed exe) "notepad.exe" appeared and > same under c:\windows\system32 and c:\windows\dllcache as well.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/drvsign/wfp.mspx > So my question next is "If I have renamed the whole lot that I could find, > where did this replacement notepad.exe come from?" and I cant really answer The WFP thread watches for file changes and replaces files deemed "system" files whenever they are modified or replaced. This is not unique to notepad. I don't know how this daemon works but I'd assume it keeps a private cached copy of all files so that it can replace them when changed. I think this is what "dllcache" is. This means there are always two copies of the file at any given time, and since it's impossible to atomically delete two files simultaneously, the WFP thread can always use one copy of the file to replace the other. If not it could probably grab it from the .cab file that's usually tucked away in %WINDIR% somewhere. > that one excepting to say that because notepad is the default html editor in > IE6, perhaps IE6 has notepad somehow protected? BTW, my changed default No, it has nothing to do with IE or the original subject of this thread. Notepad.exe just happens to be one of a large number of files that WFP has on its list. Brian _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
