I have recently run several tests of antivirus software on how well they detect viruses/Trojans. The results can be found
here.
From my experience and from these tests, I would say that McAfee is a little on the sensitive side when it comes to detection.
As for deleting the file, I agree with cnm. Either McAfee removed it or it is still hidden from explorer. If you still can’t find the file using explorer and cnm’s suggestion of showing hidden files, try to obtain the full path to the file from McAfee and attempt to delete it from a command prompt.
-OR-
You could also try the command-line version of McAfee antivirus to remove the file, which I believe is still freeware/shareware. Download the Windows superdat file (ie: sdat4370.exe or similar filename) from
here.Save this file to a permanent location on your hard disk, such as c:\mcafeeav.
Next go to the start menu and click on run.
Type (you may need to change this to suit the filename) c:\mcafeeav\sdat4370.exe /e
Wait a few minutes for McAfee to unpack.
Then go to the start menu and click on run.
Type or cut and paste (with the quotation marks) c:\mcafeeav\scan.exe “C:\Documents and Settings" /sub /all /clean /report c:\mcafeeav\results.txt
The results of this scan should now be in c:\mcafeeav\results.txt
If the file could not be cleaned, add /del to the run command.
Edited by Trilobite, 28 June 2004 - 08:23 PM.