LINE.EXE remove

Nemesis · 14 Jul 2006 at 14:07

I was sent a email few weeks ago from an old fellow who thought he was sending me some dual screen wallpapers, after opening this email on my desk top, i found the file to contain 4 .exes therefore i did not click on them and tried to delete, 3 went no problem but one of them will not delete its called LINE.EXE and this is msg i get when i try to remove it.

cannot delete LINE: it is being used by another person or program.

close any programs that might be using the file and try again.

I cant find any program using it, looked at task manager and hi jack this, it not showing in both.

Winxp pro sp2.

Retorted · 14 Jul 2006 at 14:09

Have you tried deleting it in safe mode?

Nemesis · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:33

Retorted said:
Have you tried deleting it in safe mode?

yes one of the first things i tried.

UKDTweak · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:34

Have you tried deleting it via a command promt ?

Nemesis · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:42

UKDTweak said:
Have you tried deleting it via a command promt ?

No and no idea how to?

UKDTweak · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:44

At the start/run command type..... CMD

Then browse via DOS to the folder the file in is (desktop), then = del line.exe

Best done in pure DOS by booting from a win98 floppy (as long as you have not installed windows on an NTFS partition).

Nemesis · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:00

"C:\Documents and Settings\Shadow\Desktop\LINE.EXE"

can you please type what i need to type in the dos box.

UKDTweak · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:17

c: (press enter)
CD C:\Documents and Settings\your user name here\Desktop (press enter)

del line.exe (press enter)

The_KiD · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:21

download killbox: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php

run it select the file you wish to delete, reboot and it deletes on reboot.

Nemesis · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:44

The_KiD said:
download killbox: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php

run it select the file you wish to delete, reboot and it deletes on reboot.

Thanks worked a treat.

UKDTweak, also thank you for your time.

The_KiD · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:53

on a seperare note, chances are these things were viruses, so it may be worth while just running panda online scan or spybot or something just to ensure you havent picked anything up.

With it saying Line.exe was in use by another person or process it means the file had been accessed.

Nemesis · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:09

The_KiD said:
on a seperare note, chances are these things were viruses, so it may be worth while just running panda online scan or spybot or something just to ensure you havent picked anything up.

With it saying Line.exe was in use by another person or process it means the file had been accessed.

Scanning now with ewido anti-malware and norton, panda found 56 spyware im sure there just cookies.