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Hey.. So I was downloading this game, and it appears it wasn't a game at all. I should've trusted my guts. Either way, I'm not sure what to do. I cannot remove the files I downloaded because it says they are open in "System". So I have no idea how to remove them. I scanned with anti-virus and it removed lots of files, but every time i open the map i downloaded it seems to detect something new. I am scared my PC will mess up if I restart it, so I really don't know what to do. It gave me new start up page on Chrome, as well as added a bunch of programs, one of them was Wajam or something, I don't remember as I deleted them all (I think).

 

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Download and run RKILL together with Malwarebytes (full scan). That should be rid of most files, if not everything.

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you dont know why. In this computer, theory and practice are combined: Nothing works and i dont know why.

 

Atleast i can manage Some things, like my current OC personal best.

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5 minutes ago, Andzon said:

Hey.. So I was downloading this game, and it appears it wasn't a game at all. I should've trusted my guts. Either way, I'm not sure what to do. I cannot remove the files I downloaded because it says they are open in "System". So I have no idea how to remove them. I scanned with anti-virus and it removed lots of files, but every time i open the map i downloaded it seems to detect something new. I am scared my PC will mess up if I restart it, so I really don't know what to do. It gave me new start up page on Chrome, as well as added a bunch of programs, one of them was Wajam or something, I don't remember as I deleted them all (I think).

 

Please help.

save your data. create a bootable flash drive, delete all partitions and reinstall windows. its like a nuke and then rebuild. it takes some time but your making sure that nothing is left

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Scan with Malwarebytes.

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I am running malwarebytes over and over, it detects things constantly, i just want to get rid of the 14gb file which I can't. I am not very good at all this so I have no idea how to reinstall windows. Will everything get wiped?

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1 minute ago, Andzon said:

14gb map of files*

If its running in the system, RKILL will stop it.

That, or boot into safe mode and remove it from there.

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you dont know why. In this computer, theory and practice are combined: Nothing works and i dont know why.

 

Atleast i can manage Some things, like my current OC personal best.

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Does "YesSearches" sound familiar to anyone?

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Must I download rkill or is it a standard program?

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Must I download rkill or is it a standard program?

Its a downloadable program, you can find it here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you dont know why. In this computer, theory and practice are combined: Nothing works and i dont know why.

 

Atleast i can manage Some things, like my current OC personal best.

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Thank you. I just ran it, but I am still unable to remove the files.

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1 minute ago, Andzon said:

Thank you. I just ran it, but I am still unable to remove the files.

Is the folder filled with malware? If so then if you have a USB flash drive around you could create a Kaspersky Rescue Disk on it.

It will boot into its own little OS and remove files from there.

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you dont know why. In this computer, theory and practice are combined: Nothing works and i dont know why.

 

Atleast i can manage Some things, like my current OC personal best.

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There isn't even an option to remove the files, what the fuck.

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24 minutes ago, Andzon said:

Hey.. So I was downloading this game, and it appears it wasn't a game at all. I should've trusted my guts. Either way, I'm not sure what to do. I cannot remove the files I downloaded because it says they are open in "System". So I have no idea how to remove them. I scanned with anti-virus and it removed lots of files, but every time i open the map i downloaded it seems to detect something new. I am scared my PC will mess up if I restart it, so I really don't know what to do. It gave me new start up page on Chrome, as well as added a bunch of programs, one of them was Wajam or something, I don't remember as I deleted them all (I think).

 

Please help.

That's the reason why you shouldn't download games. There's nothing you can do. Reinstall windows. 

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The PC seems to be working as normal now however, after i removed everything manually, it still detects things from that folder though. Should I try restarting the PC or is that a death wish?

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3 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

That's the reason why you shouldn't download games. There's nothing you can do. Reinstall windows. 

Correction - that's the reason you should use trusted trackers

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I normally do, it looked fine and was one of the first search options, so I figured there wouldn't be a virus there. I also know some virus programs thinks something is a virus when it actually isn't, I am unsure if this is the case. Would it help if I show the torrent?

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4 minutes ago, Andzon said:

I normally do, it looked fine and was one of the first search options, so I figured there wouldn't be a virus there. I also know some virus programs thinks something is a virus when it actually isn't, I am unsure if this is the case. Would it help if I show the torrent?

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It appears all I had to do was go to "DVD" and press Eject. Damn guys, I thought you were pros, and here you are telling me to reinstall windows and stuff.

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