Solve : Please help~! "zellers"?

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Answer» I found a strange little ms-dos application in my documents folder...... I scanned it with AVG, came out clean. i clicked it, trying to determine what it was, and it popped up a dos prompt window that flashed and was gone. Now, my fear for this is well founded.....the programs name is "zellers" it is an ms-dos application, in its properties it is called zellers.com it is only 25 bytes...... BUT....i had my credit card used online at zellers.com just recently, having never been on their site before. Is this a virus? Help? I am panicking!!!!!! thanks! I searched the net for anything, and came up empty handed..... Jeeze I hate this. beats head against desk Anyone? Why do you think it is an MS-DOS program? I doubt very much that it is an ms-dos program if it is only 25 bytes in size. It could be a cookie from zellers.com. Try loading it into NOTEPAD and see what it looks like. I strongly advise against bumping threads like you have done. You'll get whatever help is available if you are patient. I only think it is because it says so.... I was kinda wary of its size too, as it is very tiny. All my cookies are deleted, and this pops up with its own dos window then disappears, that is why I think it is one. I will take a shot at loading it in notepad. I only bumped it because I am paranoid having been taken for a good chunk of change by an unknown source, so I want to make sure I am safe....not trying to bend anyone out of shape. Quote from: JAAB on December 04, 2008, 11:24:54 AM I only think it is because it says so.... What is "it"? The "it" refers to the icon I have that says ms dos application "zellers" No worries, I think I am safest just to re-format and start clean if I cannot figure it out. I keep all my files in a safe remote hard drive, so if this is part of some auto dialer or some bizarre piece of brilliance and I have already cleaned off the other portion, then I am best to clean this out and start fresh, I suppose, correct? Given that it shouldn't be too tough to do....? I am mostly concerned that something has invaded me and it has remained hidden. I have never, nor will ever go to Zellers, so it has no reason to be there, IMO. Anyway, I APPRECIATE the help. It will NOT open in notebook...... Have you checked the file dates? Created and last modified? Why don't you just delete it and do a virus scan? Could be a virus similar to the old Trivial.25 MS-DOS virus. Virus only works under specific conditions. Have you been running old DOS games? I checked the file dates and they corresponded directly with my credit card fraud....hence the fear. It was last run on the same date exactly. I did end up deleting it and scanning, and even when I directly scanned there was no warning.... So I kinda figured like you, it may be a very "specific condition" kind of virus..... No old Dos games either. I have now deleted the little sucker and called my credit card company to ask them to be vigil on any large purchases (really just a heads up to cover my censored should anything go aray) . So, I will WAIT and see. I feel a BIT better knowing that it is at least not a wide spread thng and that it is seemingly unknown as of yet. Perhaps it is just a freak, I dunno. Wish me luck, and thank you very much for your efforts! Cheers!

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I found a strange little ms-dos application in my documents folder...... I scanned it with AVG, came out clean. i clicked it, trying to determine what it was, and it popped up a dos prompt window that flashed and was gone.

Now, my fear for this is well founded.....the programs name is "zellers" it is an ms-dos application, in its properties it is called zellers.com
it is only 25 bytes...... BUT....i had my credit card used online at zellers.com just recently, having never been on their site before.

Is this a virus? Help? I am panicking!!!!!!

thanks! I searched the net for anything, and came up empty handed..... Jeeze I hate this. *beats head against desk*

Anyone? Why do you think it is an MS-DOS program? I doubt very much that it is an ms-dos program if it is only 25 bytes in size. It could be a cookie from zellers.com. Try loading it into NOTEPAD and see what it looks like.

I strongly advise against bumping threads like you have done. You'll get whatever help is available if you are patient. I only think it is because it says so.... I was kinda wary of its size too, as it is very tiny. All my cookies are deleted, and this pops up with its own dos window then disappears, that is why I think it is one. I will take a shot at loading it in notepad.
I only bumped it because I am paranoid having been taken for a good chunk of change by an unknown source, so I want to make sure I am safe....not trying to bend anyone out of shape. Quote from: JAAB on December 04, 2008, 11:24:54 AM

I only think it is because it says so....

What is "it"?
The "it" refers to the icon I have that says ms dos application "zellers"
No worries, I think I am safest just to re-format and start clean if I cannot figure it out. I keep all my files in a safe remote hard drive, so if this is part of some auto dialer or some bizarre piece of brilliance and I have already cleaned off the other portion, then I am best to clean this out and start fresh, I suppose, correct? Given that it shouldn't be too tough to do....? I am mostly concerned that something has invaded me and it has remained hidden. I have never, nor will ever go to Zellers, so it has no reason to be there, IMO. Anyway, I APPRECIATE the help. It will NOT open in notebook...... Have you checked the file dates? Created and last modified? Why don't you just delete it and do a virus scan?

Could be a virus similar to the old Trivial.25 MS-DOS virus. Virus only works under specific conditions. Have you been running old DOS games?
I checked the file dates and they corresponded directly with my credit card fraud....hence the fear. It was last run on the same date exactly. I did end up deleting it and scanning, and even when I directly scanned there was no warning.... So I kinda figured like you, it may be a very "specific condition" kind of virus.....
No old Dos games either. I have now deleted the little sucker and called my credit card company to ask them to be vigil on any large purchases (really just a heads up to cover my *censored* should anything go aray) . So, I will WAIT and see. I feel a BIT better knowing that it is at least not a wide spread thng and that it is seemingly unknown as of yet. Perhaps it is just a freak, I dunno.
Wish me luck, and thank you very much for your efforts!
Cheers!

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