Should I delete my temporary files?

Question

I have a trojan virus thingy calle antivirus 2009 and I wanted to use a malware sweeping program. The problem is it takes forever because of all the temporary files. Should I just delete the temp folder so I can finally get rid of this virus, or does my computer need the temp folder?

Answer 1

You should always delete your temp files at least every other day. After each session is best protocol. Yes this is malware. Since I don't know what sweeping program you have I can only tell you that I have found Kaspersky Internet Security Suite to be the most effective I have ever tried. {and I have tried (and still test new releases) thhe reason some are quicker than others often is a result of skipping files that it deems unlikely to get corrupted. Trust me on this and scan everything. The proper way to remove malware is to turn off your system restore. (malware hides a copy of itself there quite often) Then re boot into safe mode. (keep pressing f8 when you power up and select safe mode) Then run your anti virus / anti spyware-trojan utilities. Then re-boot with your internet connection disabled and re-run your scans. then turn your restore back on and set a new restore point.  

Answer 2

checkout wiki information of this so called antivirus ...

http://www.wiki-security.com/wiki/Parasi... ...

you should get rid of it asap ... this site also mentions how to remove this virus .... better look at once ...

best luck

Answer 3

OH! I had that before like a week ago, and I posted it on here! You can go to PC tools, and download Spyware Doctor, it is the best out there, gives you free firewall and such. Do a full system scan. If that doesn't work, you can search how to remove it in yahoo answers, or google it. Or you can look at my profile and search my questions to find it. It had alot of answers. Alot of poeple had been infected with that before. It's not that hard to remove it, tons of corporations made software just to remove that fake antivirus.  

Answer 4

i have no idea i had a trojan virus once i didnt like it hahaha i guess its cause it damaged the computer...no duh right... but idk what to do im not sure u really need the temp folders but who knows if u didnt need them then y are they there u konw everthing has a purpose u never know maybe u might need them some time just get it checked out

Answer 5

Follow the instruction on the link below to clean your computer

10 easy step virus and spyware removal using free software

http://www.review-ninja.com/2008/08/10-e...

Answer 6

This is more than just a trojan, this is a fraudulent security program that key logs everything you do.  I would try AVG, if that doesn't help then checkout http://www.nicklockard.com for more help

And yes delete the temps, there are alot of temp areas on the system if you need help deleting temps and or anything else http://www.nicklockard.com can help you