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Erasing EXE file from desktop


Neo-K 182

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well i went and downloaded this program and i figured that it would have spyware in it and i was right, and as soon as it downloaded Panda erased the spyware, then the file i downloaded ended up being 0 bites, and now it wont let me erase it because acording to it it's being used by another program, but i went and turned off everything and ended every process and it still wouldn't let me erase it.

 

it wont let me do anything to the program but let it stay there, i know it's not doing anything, but i want it off my desktop.

 

so are there any programs out there that will erase this? or just anything i can do?

 

Also, i tried to download it again, but then it said that it couldn't find a file in the temp internet files. probably the stuff Panda erased.

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Ok, first try restarting and then attempt to delete it again, if that doesn't work start in safe mode and try to delete it.
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yeah didn't think of safe mode. restarted the computer like 4 times already. i'll try it in safe mode.

 

yeah okay, that didn't work for sh*t. still says that it cant erase it because it's being used. please tell me theres some program out there that can erase any file no matter what.

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Try booting into Safe Mode again, and going to Start > Run > cmd > Type in 'del C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Desktop\filename.exe' (but change the filename accordingly, of course).

 

Then come back and tell whether it worked or not.

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tried that. says it's not a valid win32 application. it's 0 bites so theres nothing in it. and yea i tried that in both safe and regular modes.
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I forgot to include the 'del' in the original post tounge.gif

 

Try again, unless that's the error you get still :-\

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nope it went and erased it. didn't think the command prompt would do that. thank god. thanks for the help.
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nope it went and erased it. didn't think the command prompt would do that. thank god. thanks for the help.

Ah, good to see it worked. smile.gif

 

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Thank you oh holy lord bye bye scareddem.exe and f22.exe and your fellow friends ahahah had loads of this type of crap on my pc biggrin.gif

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