Talk about frustration! You found the virus files using HiJack This, you remove them. Yet when you restart they reappear. When you try and manually delete the file you get an 'Access is denied' or something simliar. So what gives? Today we'll be going over some tactics on how to remove files that are in use and are hard to delete.
Move It!
The first and easier way to remove hard to delete files is to use a program called OTMoveIt! This thing is great, you type in the file name and then most of the time it deletes the file. Another great program is killbox. A great thing about both these programs that is if the program cannot be deleted, it will try and remove it on the next reboot. Something very useful for those hard to delete files.
Just to be safe
Sometimes even those great programs won't cut it. For extreme cases you may have to add an extra step or two. Fortunately its really easy - boot into safe mode. Yep when you are in safe mode Windows disables almost all functionality so hopefully that means these virus programs too.
Boot into Safe Mode by:
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Restarting your PC
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Press F8 until a menu comes up asking you to make a selection
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Choose Safe Mode and press enter
You're in. Now try the same process as above using the removal tools and good luck. If you still have problems leave us a note in our Ask A Question section.
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