please help.

[canadajames]

I have some viruses that my virus program picked up but it is unable to delete it because it is part of an archive. I've tried everything with the program and since it isnt accessible to me i dont know how to get to it the folder its in does not show up in c:\ drive what should i do to delete it. I think its slowing my comp down.

[d1ddy]

get something other than avg free lol

[canadajames]

its bitdefender its not that the things arent found its that they cant be deleted because theyre archives and please only useful help.

[Darkchild]

hmmm, let me give you some advice,

Take note of this "archive" 's wereabouts.

then, while restarting press F8 constantly and start windows in Safe mode, when not having practically anything loaded into memory, try deleting the archive.

tell me if this worked.

[canadajames]

no luck the problem is in safe mode or not the folder are unseeable i couldnt even find them in prompt..... so i dont know what to do would nod be able to handle recovery or archived files?

[Cheezeball99]

no luck the problem is in safe mode or not the folder are unseeable i couldnt even find them in prompt..... so i dont know what to do would nod be able to handle recovery or archived files?

I'd trust NOD32 with my life. ^_^ Been on the intarwebs with it for years.

[d1ddy]

I'd trust NOD32 with my life.

Amen brother , amen ..

[roe-ur-boat]

I'd trust NOD32 with my life. ^_^ Been on the intarwebs with it for years.

I've been using it ever since you said it was good

[Ecko]

A good reformat does the trick. Works everytime.

[MenaceInc]

A good reformat does the trick. Works everytime.

true story :P

[TimTiger]

Ok sorta the same as DC's suggestion.

Write down the full address of where the files located.

Restart in Safe Mode

Next go to Run and type in the address of where the archive is located.
Ie. C:\WINDOWS\system32

Then select the archive and delete.

Lemme know if this worked.

[MenaceInc]

just something i think you might wanna know.

if the file/archive is unselectable and it has a really long filename then you can use the command shell to get rid of it be refering to its shortname.

start up the command shell and go to the directory with the archive/file in it, type in dir /X which will show the files and directories in your current directory along with the shortname which will look like "thisis~1.txt". you can use this when your files or whatever end up with filenames too long for windows to work with ;)

[canadajames]

sry for not responding for a while thought the thread was dead i think they deleted themselves anyway gonna install nod very soon and just do full system scan to be sure. thx for advice guys.