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Waymon3X6
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_ 		8. June 2007 @ 20:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello all, I have a question. I was looking at the hidden folders with WinPartrol and came across 4 files ending with .manifest in my system32 folder. I think they are possible trojans because after doing some googling, I found that all of them related to trojan/spyware etc stuff. I try to unhide them, but then they automatically go back to being hidden, so the virus scanners dont pick them up. Can I delete them? I just wanted to know so I dont screw up my computer from something like that.

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The file names are:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NWC.CPL.MANIFEST
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SAPI.CPL.MANIFEST
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINDOWSLOGON.MANIFEST
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WUAUCPL.CPL.MANIFEST

C:\WINDOWS\WINDOWSSHELL.MANIFEST

Thanks All!
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Fredil
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_ 		9. June 2007 @ 07:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Psst... Waymon....

VirusTotal is your friend :D
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_ 		9. June 2007 @ 08:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Some additional information for consideration:

http://filext.com/file-extension/MANIFEST

Jotti's online file scanner is another resource to evaluate individual files.
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_ 		9. June 2007 @ 08:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@bc

I prefer VirusTotal over Jotti because even though Jotti takes a shorter amount of time, it only scans with ~20 scanners; Virustotal uses either 31 or 32. Just another random piece of trivia :)
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