i need dos command help

[davi]

my brother's computer is full of spyware and crap. spybot and adaware have deleted most of the problems but some are just not being removed. i tried manually and some of them say that the source cannot be found. i want to manually delete the programs via dos(outside of windows)

could someone fimilar with the commands help me out here. I did it before with some weird worm related file i had before and it fixed the problem 100%.

[antihero]

I might be able to help out if you want to boot your machine in dos mode, and then remove the files one by one, manually.

Which OS does your brother use?

antihero

[davi]

win xp pro

deleting them 1 by 1 was the plan

[cucaracha]

ok... the problem is - Windows XP doesn't base on DOS.
Basically, Win XP has no DOS, it only has a DOS emulator.

I would search for "spyware remove" at google...

cu

[Signature]

Maybe look for forums like this one:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com
!?

[antihero]

phew... winXp

Ok. I don't think he patched his machine to have a fully functional dos-mode... did he?

Well, if he didn't, there are two ways to choose from:

- You use the "pseudo-dos" under winXp, that's pretty easy
- You patch the machine and enable the old dos. That's sort of complicated and i would not do it unless the worms are still alive. Means, if they still load at the startup of Windows. If so, it is possible that you are only able to delete the infected files while windows hasn't loaded yet => dos mode.

Anyways. In both cases you need to know where the gnarly little wormses-files are. The exat path, or at least the directory. A good idea is to boot the computer normaly and write all the infected directorys on a blank sheet of paper.

questions until here?

antihero

[davi]

the reason i want to use dos is so i don't have to be in windows at all. i want to restart in dos so windows isn't being....windowy.

thanks for the help

tomi give me a list of commands that i needed

[antihero]

So you'll have to patch the machine...
Do you know how or do you need help?

[Lionel]

If you are running Windows XP then you no longer have DOS on your machine and there is no way of getting DOS to be able to acess data on your hard disk as later versions of windows have changed the way the files are stored on the hard disk. What looks like DOS on windows XP is really just a windows program. What you need to do if find out what pieces of spyware he still has on his computer and google for how to remove them manually. There should be no need to go into DOS to remove files. If you get completely stuck boot of the windows XP disk (I have never done they in XP only 2000 but I am fairly sure this will work) you should be able to bring up what microsoft call the recovery consol (which looks like DOS and will do what you want). Then you can get around using the following commands

list all the files in a directory
dir

go into a directory:
cd DIRECTORY_NAME

go down a directory:
cd ..

delete a file:
del FILENAME


I really don't recomend that you do this as there is potential for causing untold havoc try to remove them in windows first.

[antihero]

This guy is smarter than me... ;) :)
Thanks Lionel.

I thought there is a way to get DOS (or at least a DOS-like thing) back on your machine, even with winXP? maybe i just talked about the recovery console stuff without knowing. Anyways, your solution seems easy & correct, so that's it.
;)

antihero

[antihero]

If you don't have the recovery CD anymore, you can check this:
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Download the correct file for your OS from the link above and create a Bootdisk(Floppydisk) with it in Windows. Then restart your computer (maybe you'll have to change bootup config if your pc doesn't boot on the floppy) and voilà there you'll be... back in DOS... ;)

The commands listed by Lionel work with DOS as well.

antihero

[mtw]

Have you updated Ad-aware's spyware list? Every once in a while you'll need to have it download a new file that lists all the newest spyware. There should be a button at the top-right that says something like Web Update.

[davi]

i figured it all out :] thanks guys

Lionel, the reason i needed the dos commands is because it wouldn't let me delete the programs in windows mode. :<

but deleting them in dos fixed the problem.