ABAFS Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) My friend just recently installed Windows 7 (legal) on my laptop. It was running great for a few days, but all of a sudden theirs these images on my desktop. I tried to delete them but I can't. One is a giant cookie and the rest are shirtless emo morons, and most of them look like guys!. I really really don't want my mom to see this and think I'm gay, or my girlfriend to see it either. I try to delete them and it doesnt work so idk whats wrong. Help me guys! <snippage> Edited October 29, 2009 by Laura Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Right-click on it, properties, security, then add your user with "full control." Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 You have spyware and\virus. Do you ahve any antiviral protection installed? If not, then download and install something like avg along with spybot search and destroy. Do a FULL scan with both and remove any items they find. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted October 29, 2009 MVC Share Posted October 29, 2009 Its great how people have to state whether they are using Legal Windows 7 or not now round here! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Its great how people have to state whether they are using Legal Windows 7 or not now round here! Well, it could be relevant in the sense that many of the pirated ones you can download come with malware conveniently pre-installed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogerjones Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 You have spyware and\virus.He doesn't have spyware. He's got a dick friend who's playing a joke on him.Either that or this is a BS post. Edit: I see that he's downloading pirated movies, so I suppose it IS possible that he's got some malware going on. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmdixon Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Its great how people have to state whether they are using Legal Windows 7 or not now round here! And then have downloaded movies on their desktop..... :ninja: Try what hdood and Rich suggest and you should be ok. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merter Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Its great how people have to state whether they are using Legal Windows 7 or not now round here! I don't think it really matters with those AVI's sitting on the desktop... :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Yah, virus. You can try to remove it, but if you just installed Win7, I'd go for a reinstall. It's the only way to ensure the virus is 100% gone. Just watch what you download. uTorrent and your movies give an indication what you download isn't always 100% legal... and if you aren't careful, many of those sources contain viruses, much like the one you have now. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted October 29, 2009 Reporter Share Posted October 29, 2009 I think there's a small app (doesn't require install) called Killbox (Or something like that) which is good for getting rid of files you can't delete. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 look how many pirated movies he has on his desktop, not surprising he got spyware from a torrent site ad Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 wow look at the pirated movies you have tutututut Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Well, it could be relevant in the sense that many of the pirated ones you can download come with malware conveniently pre-installed. prove it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilev Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 You have spyware and\virus.Do you ahve any antiviral protection installed? If not, then download and install something like avg along with spybot search and destroy. Do a FULL scan with both and remove any items they find. win7 is the most secure OS according to microsoft and there is no chance for viruses or spywares contamination or any need for anti-virus\spyware applications for win7. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 prove it Prove what? That warez sites are full of infected files? What would you like me to prove next? That the moon isn't cheese? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I think it's a joke :p At least i would be embarrased to post a pic like that! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilev Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I think there's a small app (doesn't require install) called Killbox (Or something like that) which is good for getting rid of files you can't delete. or unlocker which deletes files too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 win7 is the most secure OS according to microsoft and there is no chance for viruses or spywares contamination or any need for anti-virus\spyware applications for win7. A virus is a piece of self-replicating code hidden in a program that you voluntarily run. No OS can stop you from doing this, and it has nothing to do with "security." Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted October 29, 2009 MVC Share Posted October 29, 2009 win7 is the most secure OS according to microsoft and there is no chance for viruses or spywares contamination or any need for anti-virus\spyware applications for win7. Your for got your tags... lemme help you [sarcasm]win7 is the most secure OS according to microsoft and there is no chance for viruses or spywares contamination or any need for anti-virus\spyware applications for win7.[/sarcasm] Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
san.W10 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Since your Windows 7 is "legal" , install Microsoft Security Essentials & run a full system scan :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted October 29, 2009 MVC Share Posted October 29, 2009 If what you say is true. If you just installed a legal copy of windows 7 You did not download those movies on the desktop You did not download those emo pictures or the cookie Then cut what little loss you have and start over. Format the drive and reinstall Windows 7. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABAFS Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 If what you say is true. If you just installed a legal copy of windows 7 You did not download those movies on the desktop You did not download those emo pictures or the cookie Then cut what little loss you have and start over. Format the drive and reinstall Windows 7. I don't know how to do it myself though, so I need to get my friend to do it (how r I supposed to trust him after this?) or pay geeksquad to do it. My task manager also doesnt work. Doesn't show up when I press ctrl + alt + delete and when I manually run it, it does this Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurë Veteran Posted October 29, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 29, 2009 I don't know how to do it myself though, so I need to get my friend to do it (how r I supposed to trust him after this?) or pay geeksquad to do it. My task manager also doesnt work. Doesn't show up when I press ctrl + alt + delete and when I manually run it, it does this Presumably you have your Windows 7 disc and key to hand? You ought to keep hold of those rather than trust anyone else with looking after them.. Anyway, you can just pop your Win 7 disc in and it'll take you through it. It's pretty easy. Make sure you have back ups of anything you want to save, and ensure they are scanned with an AV before they get near any computer again. The rules are pretty clear that talking about/encouraging warez on Neowin (Just because you copied something from a physical DVD doesn't necesarrily make it legal!).. so .. thread cleaned. Let's keep this vaguely on topic please :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABAFS Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 The rules are pretty clear that talking about/encouraging warez on Neowin (Just because you copied something from a physical DVD doesn't necesarrily make it legal!).. so .. thread cleaned. Let's keep this vaguely on topic please :) Does in my country. We have sensible laws. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurë Veteran Posted October 29, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 29, 2009 Does in my country. We have sensible laws. Neowin is a global site. Like I said, let's keep this on topic. If you don't want help then I will close the thread :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/839684-help-me-please-images-are-on-my-desktop-and-i-cannot-delete-them/#findComment-591774446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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