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INFECTED FILE CANNOT REMOVE

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by wayneinreno

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I need to remove a file that was sent to me through AOL. It is titled bigmac.exe. How can I get rid of this file the system running it had no anti-virus software installed at the time.

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by crowngreen

Go to start/find/files or folders
type in bigmac.exe in the box called names.
select your hard drive normally C
click find
when the file has been found right click to select the file then go to file menu and click delete
under NO circumstancesopen the file
good luck

by saihib

Boot to a command prompt.
type: del \location of file\bigmac.exe
"location of file" meaning whichever directory or folder the file resides in.

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