HELP ME PLEASE! Images are on my desktop and I cannot delete them!


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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!

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  Sawyer12 said:
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.

  Rich said:
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.

  Sawyer12 said:
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.

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.

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.

  Rich said:
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.

  ilev said:
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."

  ilev said:
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]

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.

  warwagon said:
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

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  ABAFS said:
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 :)

  Laura said:
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.

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