Chasing down rootkits

Discussion in 'Majorgeeks Welcome Center' started by mike14, Nov 4, 2006.

  1. mike14

    mike14 Private E-2

    I downloaded the avg anti-rootkit beta, it found the following hidden files:

    C:\WINDOWS\system32\csbwj.exe,Hidden file
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\dmihd.exe,Hidden file
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\six.exe,Hidden file
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\{8D762E59-0710-431A-8AB4-0D6D98D2F976}.exe,Hidden file

    My question, are any of these files necessary?, is it ok to delete these 4 files?

    tia,

    Mike
     
  2. Bladesofhalo

    Bladesofhalo MajorGeek

    Welcome to MajorGeeks :)
    Post your findings in the malware section as our experts will be able to determine if in fact these files are harmful or not.
     
  3. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Typically a file has a name resembling what it does, so seeing a name like

    csbwj.exe instead of msim.exe makes me nervous, I would run the read em first thread in our malware forum :)
     

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