Trying to Delete Temporary Internet Folder Files Wont work

[Tekano]

My computer wont let me delete my Temporary Internet File folder. Reason why I want to delete it is that the file is holding 30gb of data. The folder is in:

c://Users/V05/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary Internet Files

I've tried Unlocker and file assassin and it doesnt work. The files that it contains are cookies in which I have never seen before. I believe I have a virus because it seems as the cookie files in which are in there are video cookies and once in a long time adds play in the background of my screen.

What can i do?

 

[AddRAM]

Use Ccleaner to delete the files.

CCleaner - PC Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

Install and run Microsoft Security Essentials.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums Tekano. We'll see if we can help you delete the files, but it may be only the tip of the iceberg if you are infected.

D/l the bat file at the bottom of my post to your desktop. Right click the bat file and choose Run as administrator. It will close Explorer, delete the contents of the temp folder, then restart explorer. Check if the files are gone now. If so, time to run some scans and make sure your system is clean. I'll suggest start with the free Malwarebytes and SUPERAntispyware

Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware removes malware including viruses, spyware, worms and trojans, plus it protects your computer

SUPERAntiSpyware | Remove Malware | Remove Spyware - AntiMalware, AntiSpyware, AntiAdware!

Let us know how it goes.

View attachment delete.bat

A Guy

 

[Tekano]

So I tried both and none of them worked. It did how ever successfully closed my explorer but when it tried to delete it, it prompt that the directory was in use and cannot delete it, so it was denied.

 

[xunile]

If you go into internet properties and and click on browsing history settings, what does it say for "disk space settings"?

 

[Tekano]

I use Mozilla firefox. I'm not sure how to find disk space

I'm currently scanning my computer vis SUPERantiSPYWARE
with a current threat of 2425 files most of them consist in the temporary internet files via first post

 

[xunile]

You go to the control panel, click on internet options, then click settings under browsing history. I have seen problems with people deleting the temp internet folder before and sometimes the solution is a registry change, but there is a specific circumstance where it works. If you check that setting and it says that the "diskspace to use" is 8-8, then the fix in mind will work.

If you are randomly hearing music and ads in the background you probably have an infection. Sometimes if your infected bad enough downloading the suggested tools after the fact and runnign them won't do much good. You might want to try running the Malwarebytes in safe mode, that might catch the infection.

 

[A Guy]

You might try the bat file in Safe mode. Also, you can d/l Lockhunter and right click on the folder and choose What is locking this file? It will show you what processes have it locked. You can also try to unlock it and delete. Since so many processes write to temp, you'll find a lot less locking processes in safe mode.

LockHunter is a free 64/32 bit tool to delete files blocked by any processes

A Guy

 

[Sir George]

My computer wont let me delete my Temporary Internet File folder. Reason why I want to delete it is that the file is holding 30gb of data. The folder is in:

c://Users/V05/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary Internet Files

I've tried Unlocker and file assassin and it doesnt work. The files that it contains are cookies in which I have never seen before. I believe I have a virus because it seems as the cookie files in which are in there are video cookies and once in a long time adds play in the background of my screen.

What can i do?

Try using "Move-On-Boot". It's free and can be downloaded from;

MoveOnBoot Free - Rename/Move/Delete Locked Files on Reboot

HTH

 

[Tekano]

So I tried scanning with SUPERantiSpyware and it did scan and removed most of the adware. Although after prompting to reboot, it came up to a blue screen when I did reboot. It says that windows startup has crashed. :c and am required to do a start-up repair

 

[A Guy]

Were you able to boot normally after the repair? If so, I would download and scan with ADWCleaner

AdwCleaner Download

How To Use AdwCleaner [Manual] | malwareremovalguides

A Guy

 

[Tekano]

So this is the update. So apparently Im unable to repair startup because it took half a day and it still didn't repair. Soim getting a blue screen upon start up. So I decide to reinstall windows. So I stpick in my windows CD and went into the bios and put it to boot from CD. when booting from the CD it says "windows is loading files..." and then the screen prompts:

Windows has occurred a problem communicating with a device connected to you're computer.
Then says this error is due to removing a usb while I in use.

Status : 0xc00000e9
Info : an unexpected I/O error has occurred.

 

[A Guy]

Do you have any other bootable cds? Linux live cd's, etc.? If not, do you have the ability to burn one? I'd try to see if you can boot to another bootable CD. This almost sounds like a corrupted CD, is it the Original installation media you received with the computer, or something you burned? Have you used the same cd (DVD?) successfully before?

Is the File listed in this text the same file in your error?

Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected
to your computer.

This error can be caused by unplugging a removable storage device such as an external USB drive while the device is in use, or by faulty hardware such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive that is failing.

Make sure any removable storage is properly connected and then restart your computer.


File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

Status: 0xc00000e9

Info: An unexpected i/o error has occurred

A Guy

 

[Tekano]

This was something that was burned and a different copy. I do have XP and another 7. Ill try that and get back to you.


The error and status are all in the same text.