Icedrake Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 There's a file called clip0001 in my My Documents folder and if I click on it, my i get an error message and Explorer restarts. Anyone know what's happening? And is there any way I can delete this file without clicking it? I don't think I have a virus since NOD32 isn't detecting anything. Also a Quick Scan with MBAM came out clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Here's a screenshot: Pls help I'm kind of freaking out right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 looks strange,,you can use eraser http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/download but first backup your files..right click on file and choose options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 I'm going to try a system restore later and see if that works. Btw, that file isn't doing anything, and it hasn't done anything either. I just can't click on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 System Restore didn't work. HELP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Try this: Use Ctrl+a to select everything in the folder Use Ctrl+left-click to deselect the three folders one by one When only clip 0001 remains selected, hit delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Can't do it. I still get the error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 YES! I DELETED IT! Used the FileAssassin Tool from MBAM. It deleted the file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Ever notice that some obviously very techie-related, non-audio files, even within the Windows folder, have a WMP associated icon? What's up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Yeah. Like DAT files have the WMP icon associated with them. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Check Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types to see if the .dat file has the WMP icon associated. If not, the WMP icon has probably become the default icon for unknown file types. EDIT: On my computer, .dat files display the standard unknown file type icon. And one last possibility ... on a file downloaded from the internet, it may have been accompanied by an Alternate Data Stream file (super hidden file type) which AFAIK can associate an icon. You may want to try an ADS file viewer such as NirSoft AlternateStreamView. BTW, this is why it's safer to set Windows Explorer to not hide file extensions ... you can't rely on the icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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