'Searched' virus? Cannot delete folder - HELP please

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mitch37

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I recently put someone's flash into m y laptop and have been battling with viruses/malware/spyware etc. i seem to have sorted it out, except for one folder:
''C:\Users\3GUSER\searched'' is a folder that 'created' itself and it contains a lot of porn avi's. The avi's are rather small so i am assuming they don't actually play.

If i try and delete the folder it says that it does not exist. please help:truce:
 
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achorste

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Re: 'searched' virus? HELP please

What antivirus do you use? If you don't have one - try Avast antivirus - the home version's free ( they make their money on the business version).

Download Spybot Search & Destroy (free again) - install & run that.

If those don't fix it post back. :)

If the avi's do play - whack em on a cd & send them over! :D
 
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mitch37

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Re: 'searched' virus? HELP please

lmao...thanks i have downloaded lots of different antiviruses. i use AVG usually. the spybot one fixed my 'ANTIVIRUS 2009' problem. will try the Avast one now :).

Feeling nauseous...think i am gonna throw up...looks like the computer aint the only one with a virus!!!!
 

Marc

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Re: 'searched' virus? HELP please

If you boot from another drive or thumb stick, you'll be able to truely see what is on the 'main' hard drive and delete whatever you want. Other than that, I can't help on the virus front.
 

Jim Wynne

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I recently put someone's flash into m y laptop and have been battling with viruses/malware/spyware etc. i seem to have sorted it out, except for one folder:
''C:\Users\3GUSER\searched'' is a folder that 'created' itself and it contains a lot of porn avi's. The avi's are rather small so i am assuming they don't actually play.

If i try and delete the folder it says that it does not exist. please help:truce:
Try using Hijackthis, and explanation for which can be found here: Wikipedia reference-linkHijackThis. When you've run it and saved the log file (which might look like gobbledygook to you) you can post it here after reading the instructions, and someone will help you sort it out.
 
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Sorin

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I recently put someone's flash into m y laptop and have been battling with viruses/malware/spyware etc. i seem to have sorted it out, except for one folder:
''C:\Users\3GUSER\searched'' is a folder that 'created' itself and it contains a lot of porn avi's. The avi's are rather small so i am assuming they don't actually play.

If i try and delete the folder it says that it does not exist. please help:truce:
First: the avi are small because I suppose they are comming from a phone using 3G technology :cool:

Second:
do a google search for 'unlock folder'.
 
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wmarhel

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A couple of items:

1) Boot the system into DOS, and then manually delete the directory. Of course, this can be problematic if this is a virus and the creator utilized an ASCII character that you can't reproduce on your keyboard.

2) Typically there is a file that has been placed in your "Windows" directory that is either misdirecting or preventing access to this file. It isn't hard to accomplish, the trick is find the file. HijackThis can help to identify the file but doesn't really remove the file. In some cases you will need a program to force kill the offending process prior to using HijackThis, otherwise it might reinstate itself.

3) A quick solution is try: DelinvFile

Wayne
 

BradM

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Stop!!:D

Before you try very many "fixes" on the net, please take Jim's advice. Run a HijackThis log and post to one of the many malware sites. There are several really good ones out there, that have Certified Malware professionals.

If you use some of the tools and it does not get it all, it will be significantly harder to find, and harder to clean. It's best just to post your HijackThis log as fresh as you can.

BTW... what may be happening is you still have a virus/malware derivative on there that is allowing openings for the virus. Check your version of Java. If you have an old one, take it off. Also, use Mozilla for a while.

It will take a couple of days for a site to help you, as they are so overloaded. But it's worth the wait. If you delete a .dll or a resident file your operating system needs, it will be difficult to go back.

Plus, they may want you to run some reports from more powerful programs.:agree1:
 
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dsanchez619

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Ok I have searched everywhere and these forums seem to have the brilliant people that I am looking for that might be able to find the cause of my problem.

Here's my problem. Last week I have noticed my computer has been very slow. My son use's limewire and I believe this is the cause. My CPU useage is at 100% maxed out at all times when I start my computer in normal mode making it very slow. I have noticed it does a pop up window dialog box with all kinds of explicit pornographic words with an ok button. I click the X to close the dialog. After that my CPU hits 100% It won't let me use Mcafee so I downloaded PC doctor and paid 30-40 bucks to scan and locate the problem...removed some stuff but still the same problem but now even worse! Now my computer takes like 2 hours to start up in normal and wont even do anything so I have to start in Safe mode. I run PC doctor in safe mode and notices it scans the directory mentioned in this thread (a folder labled "SEARCHED"). The folder contains a lot of AVI's that deal with porn. I have tried deleting the folder, but I cannot find the folder to delete. If i put the directory in it pulls up. I can sit there and delete thousands of files but it is taking me forever! This folder is slowing down my PC doctor because it takes over 3 hours just to scan this folder and all of it's contents. I have removed Limewire and several other programs but the problem still exists. I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to computers so this is where I need your help.

What do I do???
I am stuck in safe mode. I am willing to do whatever it takes i just need step by step dummy instructions ;o)

Thank You!!!
 
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