Index DAt file cant be removed - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

jackassidy · 05-11-2004, 07:48 PM

Hello everyone. I had a spyware prob. , got the programs to fix and prevent (adaware,spywareblaster,spybot search) but I now have a Index DAt file in my cookies that I cant delete. Every so often I get 17 more files found by adaware. I'm assuming that I have some kind of program that is hidden and lurking and reinstalls every so often. YEt I cant find in searches anything to help me. I search here TFP and nothing came up so thats why I am asking the board. Thanks for any help you could give me !

soopafreek · 05-11-2004, 08:10 PM

do you get a "windows cannot delete file" error?

can you rename the file?

guthmund · 05-11-2004, 10:00 PM

I've encountered this a time or two before. I absolutely hate files that I cannot delete after all, it's my damn computer, right?

There's always safe mode. It usually works wonders, but sometimes this just isn't a choice.

Here's an article at techtv.com that might help...

jackassidy · 05-13-2004, 06:57 PM

When I try to delete or rename I get the same message "cannot delet/rename , is being used by another program" I'm at a total loss here.

soccerchamp76 · 05-13-2004, 09:48 PM

I have gotten some error message like that when I tried to delete some music song off my computer. I closed down every single program using Ctrl+Alt+Del except Explorer and it still did it.

05-11-2004, 07:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
jackassidy Tilted	Index DAt file cant be removed Hello everyone. I had a spyware prob. , got the programs to fix and prevent (adaware,spywareblaster,spybot search) but I now have a Index DAt file in my cookies that I cant delete. Every so often I get 17 more files found by adaware. I'm assuming that I have some kind of program that is hidden and lurking and reinstalls every so often. YEt I cant find in searches anything to help me. I search here TFP and nothing came up so thats why I am asking the board. Thanks for any help you could give me !

05-11-2004, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
soopafreek Psycho Location: ask your mom	do you get a "windows cannot delete file" error? can you rename the file? __________________ aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!

05-11-2004, 10:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	I've encountered this a time or two before. I absolutely hate files that I cannot delete after all, it's my damn computer, right? There's always safe mode. It usually works wonders, but sometimes this just isn't a choice. Here's an article at techtv.com that might help... __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.

05-13-2004, 09:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	I have gotten some error message like that when I tried to delete some music song off my computer. I closed down every single program using Ctrl+Alt+Del except Explorer and it still did it. __________________ Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department. Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.

05-13-2004, 06:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
jackassidy Tilted	When I try to delete or rename I get the same message "cannot delet/rename , is being used by another program" I'm at a total loss here.