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How to delete files within cabs

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by casemaker

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Hi,
I cannot quarantine or delete two files that Norton Virus 2003 finds. They are located within cabs. The path that
Norton gives me is C:\windows\sysbckup\rb000.cab and C:\windows\sysbckup\rb005.cab. How do I remove these files. The file is win.ini in both cabs.
Thanks

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by ann777

Which OS? Which Virus?

Barring the above info:
1) I suggest you boot to DOS mode
2) Navigate to c:\windows\sysbckup ( "cd\windows\sysbckup" is the command you'd use at the DOS prompt)
3) delete rb005.cab
4) delete rb000.cab
5) then go ahead and boot normally and do another complete virus scan.

If you cannot boot to DOS, then provide the answers to the above two questions and I'll see if there's another option.

by data ninja

Easy way to fix:
"Start/Run" enter scanregw.exe, after the scan select Yes to backup.
Open Windows Explorer, make sure you have "view all files" enabled under "Tools/Folder Options/View". Navigate to the "Windows\sysbckup" directory and select theoffending files and press "Shift" + "Del" to remove them without sending to the recycle bin. Re-run your AV product to verify that the infected files have been removed.

by syscokid

It's not likely that win.ini is a virus or contains one, but it may contain a reference to a known virus in the run= line or shell= line. Therefore if the virus itself has been removed, the win.ini is realtively harmless.

Anyway, if these true cab files you can open them with WinZip and delete the individual file by highlighting it and clicking on Action, Delete.

by casemaker

The OS is W98 infected with w32.opaserv(win.ini).
This is how Norton reports the virus after a scan.

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