MSDIRECTX.SYS

[a.flood]

I have been experiencing problems with tryihg to get rid of MSDIRECTX.SYS using Avast.  When I choose to remove or delete the file it reappears within 60 seconds!  Any ideas??

[DavidR]

Welcome to the forums.

Please Help us to Help you In order to help fully we need more information....
- What OS are you using? is it up to date?
- What avast! version and VPS file (virus database) number, e.g. 0436-4 (see about avast!)
- What was the virus name, what was the filename, where was it found
  example (C:\windows\system32\infected-filename.xxx)?
- What actions have you taken to try and resolve the problem?

A google search for MSDIRECTX.SYS returns many hits. This is the first and probably most relevant, this would appear to be a rootkit virus which is why it is coming back.
http://www.antisource.com/article.php/rootkit-msnt-msdirectx

I reccomend that you download this rootkit finder.
RootKitRevealer from system internals - http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/rootkitrevealer.html, this will check if there is in fact a rootkit type virus deeply hidden.
I believe this has also been covered in the forums.

[Eddy]

Follow the instuctions on THIS PAGE

[RejZoR]

This re-apearing is really annoying and we must find some easy solution to fix this (ie remove the file without re-apearing). Boot-time doesn't help much in such cases i noticed...

[Eddy]

Boottime doesn't help cause of the fact that it  is a rootkit.