i dont know winxp, but stating up in save-mode or starting up holding shift
might help to stop the files being in use.
I hope you use some anti-virus aswell.

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"Lance Delacroix" <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:bn6kj2$tueo2$1@ID-110594.news.uni-berlin.de...
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 09:17 pm, Paul Brewer issued a fatwa thus:
>
> > It couldn't remove it because the file was in use. I managed to find it
> > using search, in safe mode, and removed it, but the problem is still
> > there.
>
> Good work! But I wonder if it managed to clone itself or to create a new
> .exe file somewhere.
>
> I don't have the faintest ****ing idea what the problem is, but I might
> suggest that you disable all unneeded services while you're digging around
> in there.
>
> You might try checking your startup programs to see if there's anything
> there that shouldn't be.
>
>