Can I delete a Windows file to get rid of a Trojan?

Recently my system has been infected with a Trojan called
downloader.agent which has defied all attempts to get rid of it. It
creates an exe file called polall1l.exe which activies at 00.20. I've
just done a text search and found this string in two Windows files:
user.dat and localnrd.inf.

The latter was last altered September 27 and contains the name only.
Can I delete either or both of these files safely and will this get
rid of the problem?


a_baron[AT]ntlworld.com

Assuming you could, that doesn't clean up some of the side effects that some infectors will
leave behind. For example, changes made in the Registry.

Dave




"Alexander Baron" <A_Baron DeleteThis @ABaron.Demon.Co.UK> wrote in message
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| Recently my system has been infected with a Trojan called
| downloader.agent which has defied all attempts to get rid of it. It
| creates an exe file called polall1l.exe which activies at 00.20. I've
| just done a text search and found this string in two Windows files:
| user.dat and localnrd.inf.
|
| The latter was last altered September 27 and contains the name only.
| Can I delete either or both of these files safely and will this get
| rid of the problem?
|
|
| a_baron[AT]ntlworld.com