-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware locking up......

  • From: "Arty Fogel" <artyfogel@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:04:16 -0400

hi,        how do you shorten the path to the recycle bin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rudy" <rudylopeznc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:54 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware locking 
up......


> Thanks Eddie and you are correct, it is the recycle bin and I shortened 
> the
> path to it. I had deleted the recycle bin and I only log into this system
> from non Administrator privileges but I will try again. If it locks up as 
> I
> fully uninstalled the app and used regedit to clean the remaining files. 
> If
> it does freeze up I will take note of the file and log in as 
> administrator.
> I doubt it is a virus but it may well be, thanks much and I'll report
> back......
> Rudy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "EddieB" <fasteddieb216@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 9:50 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware locking
> up......
>
>
>> Well first of all, I'm hoping that you abbreviated the path, because it
>> should be more like
>> "C:\Recycler\S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxxx-yyyyyyyyy-zzzzzzzzzz-uuuu\" where uuuu is
>> either 500 for administrator or 1001 or higher for regular user.  This is
>> the Recycle Bin, but you would have to empty the recycle bin from the 
>> user
>> account that the file was deleted from.  Maybe the file was deleted from
>> the
>> Administrator account, which you would need to log into the Administrator
>> account in order to empty it from the Recycle Bin.  If that fails, then
>> you
>> should be able to delete it using HijackThis.  I hope you have some kind
>> of
>> Boot DVD with recovery utilities on it handy (like Hiren's).  Sometimes
>> getting rid of a virus makes your PC unbootable (especially the hard to
>> remove viruses).
>>
>> If you still can't delete it, then I would suspect an active virus is to
>> blame (probably a rootkit).
>>
>
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