Trovi Virus - help to remove please

Tousdae said:

Uh, I do remember it asking me about freeing up space. I said yeah >.< I was just coming to tell you 3 hours and 10 mins left. Now I don't know if it's even running right.

Tousdae said:

Slartybart said:

When the main defrag is done
Open the Action menu
Mouse over the Advanced menu pick to expand the sub menu
Select Defrag Freespace

I just started the above.

Thanks.

Ok, just so I'm clear...

You ran Defraggler once (the main defrag as in your quote above) and that took quite a while.
I'm confused by your statement I do remember it asking me about freeing up space ... that sounds like a different utility.

This is why I said we need to go step by step and only run one thing at a time. You can help me out by using the name of the utility you're running (not it asked or it's running ..). I'm also helping other members and I can get confused between threads

Since you're on the Defraggler step, where are you in the process?
1) Main defrag done or running
2) Freespace done or running?

Let me know when both defrags are done. You're inches away from the goal line!

Thanks,

Bill
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Ok thanks, I was pretty sure that's where you were (on the freespace defrag), but wanted to be sure.

The disk was badly fragmented, at least by my book. The main defrag reorganizes the files, the freespace defrag reorganizes.... well the freespace making it easier (faster) for the system to write new files.

It's really strange. I've seen Defraggler report greater than a day to defrag some of my drives, but that quickly drops to five or six hours. Then it gets down to one minute and takes 30 minutes to finish. Go figure - it's an estimated time based on what it has done and what it thinks it has left to do.

Bill
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When you get the chance, download this batch file (SFlistClean.bat)

SFlistClean.bat

Open a standard Command Prompt and type

Downloads\SFlistClean
exit

The batch file lists the following folders: Downloads, Desktop, and your user temp and creates a text file named SFcleanup.txt in your user folder.

Please attach the SFcleanup.txt file to your next post.
(use the paperclip icon on the posting menu bar to attach the file)

I'll look through the list and see if anything from our work needs to be cleaned up. I can build another batch file to do the actual cleanup.

After that, I think you're finished with this exercise.

Thanks for being so patient.

Bill
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A disk becomes fragmented over time when files are written and deleted.

When files are deleted, Windows marks the space as free. The next write operation uses free space.. A small file can fit in some of the free space, but larger files have to use free space that is scattered across the drive - this is a fragmented file.

You tried a few times to re-install Windows and that was a lot of writes. The re-install created the Windows.old folders and you subsequently deleted them - that was a lot of deletes.

Your disk basically looked like Swiss cheese as far as free space went.

Had you been successful at a Clean install, none of the operations you've done would have been necessary. The disk would have been wiped clean (no malware, no fragmentation, no Windows.old folders...) and a fresh Windows would have been installed.

I know you tried to follow the instructions for a Clean re-install, but for whatever reason, you ended up doing a Repair install. It's not as uncommon as you might think, one missed step in the instructions is all it takes.

The re-install is a moot point at this stage.
I am not suggesting that you try it again.

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The batch file writes SFcleanup.txt to your user folder, not the desktop.
- please attach C:\Users\LI\SFcleanup.txt to a post - thanks.
(use the paperclip icon on the posting menu bar to attach the file)

Bill
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