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corred

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Since: Feb 02, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:28 pm
Post subject: Virus detected in deleted user account
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Recently I tried MS Live Beta for Security and it detected a java
script, actually several of them in a deleted user account. Is this
possible and if so how can I access and delete the files?
corred

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:41 pm
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O'K My bad I should have offered more info. The system is running a
recently reinstalled copy of XP Pro and has been updated to SP2. The
machine has had a history of instability and I am trying to fix or
repair. After uninstalling the 'buggy' Live Beta I installed PC Tools
Anti vir and scanned twice. It found one quarrantined Java /Trojan and
deleted it but this was I believe an unrelated event. What puzzles me
is the scan of a 'deleted user account'. Windows does not seem to know
that it exists and I am at a loss how to access and test this issue.
BTW the system after a bit of hardware jugglery and very minute
dissection of the BIOS Settings appears now to be stable but I am still
troubled by the deleted user account.
Thanx
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:02 pm
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Thankyou Steve, but that did not prove usefull. All I can say is that
the deleted account was real, at one time, several reinstals ago. I
even searched the registry drilling all the way down and found numerous
unknowns and several Donald Correll (me) but no user Donald. And that
has been quite awhile since that was deleted. I guess so much for
trusting a buggy beta. Still very evocative of thought.
Corred
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Steven L Umbach5

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:35 pm
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What it means is that they were found in the user profile of a user account.
When you delete a user the user's profile remains until you delete it. You
can do that by logging on as an administrator and going to Control
Panel/system/advanced - user profiles settings where you should see the user
profile that will probably show as unknown user and then highlight it and
delete it. --- Steve


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> Recently I tried MS Live Beta for Security and it detected a java
> script, actually several of them in a deleted user account. Is this
> possible and if so how can I access and delete the files?
> corred
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