"Not Accessible - Access Denied" deleting Combofix etc

Discussion in 'Software' started by grc123, May 26, 2009.

  1. grc123

    grc123 MajorGeek

    Between the two forums (here and Malware), I am now not sure "where" to post this (or whether or not to put it in a previous thread - or what EXACTLY, at this point) - so I'm defaulting to here.

    My instructions there are:

    You can delete the ComboFix.exe file, C:\ComboFix folder, C:\QooBox folder, C:\WINDOWS\nircmd.exe, C:\combofix.txt and C:\ComboFix-quarantined-files.txt logs that were created.

    When I try to delete these things, I get error messages such as "Not Accessible - Access Denied" and, "Some files could not be created, close all applications, reboot windows and restart the installation".

    It appears to me that this (ComboFix "install") was blocked by Spyware Terminator (I never shut ST down, because I never got to the point of "installing" ComboFix) ... I apparently "only downloaded" it (the icon on the desktop is present).

    Any advice here?
     
    Last edited: May 26, 2009
  2. grc123

    grc123 MajorGeek

    Re: Correct Forum?

    Thank you very much DomLuc, but I have Vista on (this) PC in question, and my understanding (and experience) is that StartupCPL is not Vista-ready (?) ...

    My apologies - I just re-read your post. I'll try ccleaner ... thanks again.
     
  3. grc123

    grc123 MajorGeek

    Re: Correct Forum?

    My apologies - I just re-read your post. I'll try ccleaner ... thanks again.
     
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    If all you did was download it and not run it, then you just need to right click the icon and choose delete.
     
  5. grc123

    grc123 MajorGeek

    Got it. Thanks. I never got it successfully, fully "installed", to the best of my knowledge/understanding.
     

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