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by mintojoseph

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I have Quarantined a file named dgsfhobxi.exe, using Nortron Anti Virus but its references are still on some files like win.ini, so that an error is generated. What is this File used for?
If it isn't a system file, how can I remove the references?

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by thechas

I did a couple of searches, and did not find any references to dgsfhobxi.exe.

You can use msconfig, or sysedit to view and edit the Win.ini file.
The listing in Win.ini can help identify what program the file belongs to.
To temporarily disable the line in Win.ini, uncheck it in msconfig, or add the letters rem and a space to the front of the line in sysedit.

If you can identify the program (assuming it is not the virus itself) re-installing the program should replace the file.

If youcan copy the line in win.ini that references the file, and add it to your question as a comment, we can help identify what the file is.

Chas

by mdambrosio70

Well you can do one of 2 things : either use regedit from the run command box, enter the file name and let it search your registry for instances of that file and delete it, or reload your Operating system from a clean format. either way will wipe out the references in your system registry and prevent it from causing errors.

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