Hey. I just did a rootkit scan and found

[tazpion]

this-->C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\a1hf9ok8.SYS? It says its a "hidden driver file" Ive googled and yahooed it but nothing! Ive used spybot and super-antispyware and my usual avg, but they dont show it thou! Does anyone know if its good or bad? Also is it safe to remove, if its bad? Thanx in advance.
Good point niall. I do have a daemon tool programme on my pc..thats a thought!

[bob s]

What scanner found this.Try a proper root kit scanner and then post back.Try rootkit revealer and avira anti rootkit tool from the download list

[Squiggle on the moon]

Your system 32 drivers are essential to your PC running - do not delete it.
scans arent infallible in picking up the right or wrong things so ...

[niall d]

yeah if you have no idea best thing is to leave it.
do you have any reason to suspect your computer has any virus or spyware?

personally what I do is ctrl+alt+del look at the programs on the task manager and if anything looks odd (using up 100% capacity and its not a program I'm using, or has obvious names of unwanted things ie. myzango.exe) then ill shut off the program and see if my system improves, crashes or the thing pops up again.
then i search the name of the executable on google.
but most viruses attach themselves to important things like shost.exe which is one of the many things that are found from the sys32 folder and you can't deleate them as you need them.


>>>> are you using daemon tools your programs could have installed it in order to work?

[golfer2]

www.threatfire.com

Run a full scan, it will pick it up.If it's a rootkit, it isn't good.You will be able to quarantine it with threatfire or delete it,it will recommend an action.