I am using Windows 98 SE and I have had something delete the Windows\inf folder twice in last 2 days.
I first noticed it when I rebooted last evening and a grey Windows warning box came up on the screen telling me that conagent.exe could not be verified because the apps.inf file was missing from the C:\Windows\inf folder and I could copy it from the Win 98 CD. I found the file on the CD but when I went to copy it into the Windows\inf folder no such folder existed.
I used Ghost explorer to copy the entire inf folder from a Ghosted system backup image and pasted it into the Windows folder. I rebooted and all was fine again until this evening when I had to reboot for another reason and again the grey warning box came up complaining about the apps.inf file. I again looked and failed to find the inf folder in Windows. I did another copy and paste from Ghost explorer, restored it to Windows and rebooted again and all was once again fine.
I thought a virus might have made it by Norton so at about 11:00 PM I did a live update on my Av definitions and did a full system virus scan of both drives and it came up with no viruses. I did another scan of just the C drive. Again no viruses.
Does anyone have any ideas on what could have deleted this folder and how it could have done so?
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
I first noticed it when I rebooted last evening and a grey Windows warning box came up on the screen telling me that conagent.exe could not be verified because the apps.inf file was missing from the C:\Windows\inf folder and I could copy it from the Win 98 CD. I found the file on the CD but when I went to copy it into the Windows\inf folder no such folder existed.
I used Ghost explorer to copy the entire inf folder from a Ghosted system backup image and pasted it into the Windows folder. I rebooted and all was fine again until this evening when I had to reboot for another reason and again the grey warning box came up complaining about the apps.inf file. I again looked and failed to find the inf folder in Windows. I did another copy and paste from Ghost explorer, restored it to Windows and rebooted again and all was once again fine.
I thought a virus might have made it by Norton so at about 11:00 PM I did a live update on my Av definitions and did a full system virus scan of both drives and it came up with no viruses. I did another scan of just the C drive. Again no viruses.
Does anyone have any ideas on what could have deleted this folder and how it could have done so?
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
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