'Searched' virus? Cannot delete folder - HELP please

Jim Wynne

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Re: 'searched' virus? HELP please

Strongly agree with Carol, Brad and Coury. Don't don't don't run multiple detector programs - that's an absolute recipe for disaster waiting to happen.
This is good advice as far as an installed antivirus program is concerned, but not for adware/spyware detection. It pays to have at least two (many people use Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware.) Both are free, and there are others.
More than one of these programs is needed because one will find stuff the other doesn't, almost every time you run them.

Having more than one antivirus program running in the background is bound to cause trouble, but having and using more than one spyware/adware detector is good.
 
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harry

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Re: 'searched' virus? HELP please

This is good advice as far as an installed antivirus program is concerned, but not for adware/spyware detection. It pays to have at least two (many people use Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware.) Both are free, and there are others.
More than one of these programs is needed because one will find stuff the other doesn't, almost every time you run them.

Having more than one antivirus program running in the background is bound to cause trouble, but having and using more than one spyware/adware detector is good.
:agree1::agree1: That's what I had experienced on a number of occasions.
 

Jim Wynne

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In recent travels through the Series of Tubes, trying to help someone get rid of some bad stuff on his computer, I came across another program, this one called Malwarebytes. It has a feature that might be helpful in this case. The "FileASSASSIN" tool (on the "More Tools" tab, see below) might get rid of the folder that's plaguing the OP.

Added in edit: I haven't tested this function, so use it at your own risk.


 
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somerqc

#34
I run Super Anti-Spyware and it has successfully removed 2 nasty spyware's that I have had to deal with. I have used spy-bot, Ad-aware, etc and Super Anti-Spyware is by far the best I have used so far (and most effective in removal).

In regards to anti-spyware programs, I have 2 very good friends who spend most of thier days saving people's computers from bad clicks (re: opened attachments triggering release of spyware). They use many different tools in trying to remove spyware.

When it comes to viruses (different bird that was born in the same nest), both of them use a main anti-virus program then use other "tools" to fully remove viruses (according them most of the well known virus programs do not fully clean your system of all remnants of viruses - the main pieces are gone but many times there are registry entries etc that still remain). Having said this, never ever run 2 anti-virus programs at the same time - there are well known ones that will "say" that the other one is a virus! :frust:
 
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