Desktop icon that will not go away!!!!

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by wc3bbas, Oct 16, 2008.

  1. wc3bbas

    wc3bbas Private E-2

    Hello everyone, my name is David, this is my second post today, lol, I have been having some trouble. My roomates were messing around with my computer the other day downloading a whole bunch of porn from limewire, well, I found out about this the next day becuase I have an icon on my desktop I did not have before that says "girls gone wild..." So, I obviously tried to delete it, but it will not go in the trashbin. A little pop-up comes up saying that it is moving it into the trashbin, but it ends up just staying there. I try to rename it, do everything to it, but nothing works. It showed up as a movie file before, but now for some reason it is one of those icons that does not know what it is lol, don't know how to describe it. It is one that will ask you what program you want to open it with. Anyways, it still does not delete. So, I am pretty sure it is a virus, but then again, I'm not a computer wiz, so I am unsure. Can someone please help me get rid of this!

    Thankyou!

    David
     
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    wc3bbas, Oct 16, 2008
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  2. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Then you would be wise to follow thru the below :) Also worth remebering that it is never a good idea to tap out your e-mail address onto a public forum ~ the risk is that it could be harvested for spamming purposes. I will alert a mod to this and have it snipped out

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    Kestrel13!, Oct 16, 2008
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