Help with Happy99 Cleanup

[Larry Gauthier]

The only way you can delete/rename the WSOCK32 file is from DOS (without
Windows running - NOT in a DOS shell in Windows). You need to do a Start,
Shutdown, Restart in DOS mode and then use DOS to delete/rename.

-larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Pividal N4VET <OTAKEBI at aol.com>
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 8:18 PM
Subject: Help with Happy99 Cleanup


>I have done as I was told by Norton to get rid of the Happy99 virus from my
>machine.
>However, after successful deleting of SKA.EXE and SKA.DLL I was then
>instructed to delete Wsock32.dll and then rename Wsock32.ska to
Wsock32.dll.
>That is the problem.
>When I try to delete Wsock32.dll I am told that it can't be trashed because
>it is protected. It won't even let me rename it for the same reason. I have
>closed all programs because I was told that Wsock32.dll could be running.
>When I look on it's properties nothing shows this file to be read only,
>archived, or hidden.
>What gives fellows? How can I fix this problem?
>How can I delete this file?
>Thanks,
>Dan N4VET
>
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