On Jul 14, 3:39 am, "Viewer T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to write a script that deletes certain files based on > certain criteria. > > What I am trying to do is to automate the process of deleting certain > malware files that disguise themselves as system files and hidden > files. When I use os.remove() after importing the os module is raises > a Windows Error: Access denied probably because the files have > disguised themselves as system files. Is there anway to get adequate > privileges under windows to be able to delete system files from within > a python script. I know it is probably a windows security feature but > is there anyway to gain such privileges.
You'll need to use the PyWin32 package (AKA win32all). There's a win32security module. These links might help: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-February/367441.html http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread28850.html http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/pywin32/Windows_NT_Files_.2d.2d_Locking.html Sometimes you can beat windows over the head using its own delete commands: os.system('DEL /F /S /Q "%s"' % item) os.system(r'RD /S /Q "%s"' % item) I know there's a cookbook recipe on it, but I can't seem to find it right now. Hopefully this will help you some though. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
