On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Joe Heaton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a user that has some files that are 0 bytes in size. The names of
> these files have all kinds of punctuation, and therefore, no real file
> type. When I try to delete them, I get an error saying Cannot delete file:
> Cannot read from the source file or disk.
Sounds suspicious. Maybe some kind of malware or rootkit or something.
Baring that, maybe try "CHKDSK /F" on the filesystem.
Try "HANDLE.EXE" for MS SysInternals to see if anything has the file
locked open.
Another thing you can try doing is going to a command prompt, change
to the directory in question, and doing:
DEL /P *.*
The "/P" will prompt to confirm each file deletion, so just say "yes"
for the ones that are funky, and "no" to the keeps.
-- Ben
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