Arty, He didn't actually shorten the path to the recycle bin. What he did was not type in the whole path into the email. In other words, he typed in "C:\Recycler\S-1-5\" when it was really at something like "C:\Recycler\S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxxx-yyyyyyyyy-zzzzzzzzzz-uuuu\" with numbers in place of the x, y, z, and u letters. Ed -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arty Fogel Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:04 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware locking up...... 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). >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6499 (20110927) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > OR > To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to > pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. 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