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Thread ID: 111904	2010-08-16 08:38:00	The file that will not die!	braindead (1685)	Press F1

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1128332	2010-08-16 08:38:00	Hi all, I d/l a bunch of tutorial files and unbeknown to me these included one with this whopper file name: Overflow hidden; - CSS Tutorial - Correcting Orphans w_ Overflow - CSS Overflow Tricks and Tips _ HTML_CSS Tutorials _ Web Design Tutorials and Front-end Development Blog by Soh Tanaka.maff I've unsuccessfully tried to nuke it since it's bloody long and contains a ";" which I think is an illegal character. How can I get rid of it? Tried command prompt Rename and Unlocker in safe mode but failed to nuke it. Much appreciation.	braindead (1685)
1128333	2010-08-16 08:53:00	Have you tried Booting from a Linux (ubuntu) or some other flavor Live CD, navigate to the file and delete ?	wainuitech (129)
1128334	2010-08-16 09:06:00	Thanks wainuitech. I don't have, nor have ever used, Linux.	braindead (1685)
1128335	2010-08-16 09:23:00	Hmm, looks like malware dressed up as a malware tutorial. This advice may depend on your OS. If you can get into a DOS / Command Promt, navigate to it's directory. (restart in MSDOS mode if all else fails) Do a Dir command to see it's abbreviated DOS name, which will probably be overfl~1.maf (not sure about the maff in the extension. If there's no other files called overflow then just use overfl*.* in the following lines) Set it's attributes (protection) to normal with: Attrib -r -h -w -s overfl~1.maf Then delete the sucker with: del overfl~1.maf	Paul.Cov (425)
1128336	2010-08-16 09:34:00	Retracted, new version of Eraser needs .NET3.5	zqwerty (97)
1128337	2010-08-16 09:58:00	Thanks Paul...miraculously, for some reason, I was able to access the file's properties and removed the protective block the system had placed on it. After that I NUKED the bast*ard!!! Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.	braindead (1685)
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