CAN'T DELETE FOLDER,FILE.CAN'T UNINSTALL.Due to virus !

by cyril_low Sep 12, 2014 5:44PM PDT

So, my antivirus tells me non-stop that I have a virus in folder Search Suit for the program Movies Toolbar.
I can't uninstall that the antivirus can't uninstall or delet files there.I can't delete files or that folder. What can I do. It tells me I have to be an administrator , I AM , I've tried everything on yahoo answers. I unlocked , I checked I unchecked PLS HELP

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To start, "Administrator is not God."

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 12, 2014 10:37PM PDT

There is also no God mode on Windows. Even the Administrator can't delete files that are locked, open or have certain permissions as well as those protected by SFP.

Read and try http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/30841-looking-unlocker-like-tool-work-windows-8-a.html

Be sure to learn how to boot and use other OSes (I use a version of Linux newer than what I noted over a decade ago at http://tips.oncomputers.info/archives2004/0401/2004-Jan-11.htm )
Bob

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I know that Admin is not a God :)

by cyril_low Sep 13, 2014 9:04PM PDT

When I bought my laptop I bought windows 8 and had to pay for it so I want to stick with it.And I tried to boot in safe mode and other things that many people suggest around the internet.And I tried the unlocker program and other ones too. But of all suggestions not worked and I'm stuck.I send e-mail to my antivirus program company support.They still haven't replied.And I pay for that antivirus too.

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Re: can't delete

by Kees_B Forum moderator Sep 13, 2014 9:15PM PDT

Indeed, sometimes you encounter a file that can't be deleted in Windows.

Right now, on an external disk connected to my PC, I've got a file (copied from another PC) that's in an Adobe subfolder of windows\system32 that has a file that (even after I gave myself all permissions) says "Access denied" when I want to delete it. To get rid of it I have to boot from a USB-stick with Linux Mint on it. It's annoying, indeed. But it's no big problem.

Kees

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SYSTEM

by James Denison Sep 14, 2014 3:51AM PDT

is above you in windows and you really don't want to mess around with it's permissions, nor assign files, particularly files of suspicion to be accessed with it, without being very careful of what you do. Using a LIVE DVD from Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Zorin or other Linux distro to remove it is the safest approach because it not only CAN do it easily, it does it from outside the system which is "off" at the time, so nothing inside the windows system can interfere with it.

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