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Are you having difficulties in finding certain files you want to get rid of? Here is the simple and easy-to-follow instructions on how to look for files.

1. Go to START.

2. Click SEARCH.

3. Click on “For Files and Folders…

search

4. From “What do you want to search for?” list on the left, click on “All files and folders.”

5. Type the filenames on the search box, and choose the “Local Hard Drives” (normally, it’s C: drive).

6. Click on “Search“.

That’s it!



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Comments

  1. Cole says:

    So, you can delete them from here?

  2. John says:

    Ok when it doesn’t find the files in search THEN what?

  3. Brian says:

    John,

    I assumed that you were talking SpyLocked. In this case, you need to know that SpyLocked keeps changing over time so you need to look at the new “dll” that added to your machine. Just check the removal instructions and the comments, I believe it’s been mentioned how to detect and delete the infected new dll’s.

    Hope this helps. Good luck!

  4. Z says:

    I ended the process explorer.exe n’ del Ygjun.dll in the cmd prompt and it worked! the spylocked is completely out of my system! thanks (^_^)

  5. Maria says:

    I found 2 files- everything0 and execution0. So what do I do get rid of them ?

  6. Maria says:

    These are undersmy documents and settings. I found them by looking for SpywareLocked.exe.

  7. jerome says:

    it says can not be deleted because it is in use…hel plz….how do i end it…..plz help..plz help….thanx in advanced

  8. John says:

    I found the bpvol.dll files and cannot delete them because they are in use (I know this). How do you delete them?

  9. Tenn says:

    My spysweeper removed spylocked, but the icon is still on my toolbar. How can I get rid of it?

  10. John says:

    I have most of the junk removed associated with SpyLocked. My home page will load now as it should, but I still have the flashing alert in the system tray (a popup show there) and another popup window will appear every now and then. I have deleted everything I can find that is associated with this crap and have also run different versions of spy ware removal tools. What am I missing?

  11. Jolle says:

    In my case the name of the file was xouce.dll
    I had some problem to delete it so I did the following.

    I renamed it to xouce.doc, put it on the desktop, restarted the cpmouter and after that it was possible to delete it

  12. john says:

    I tried renaming but get access denied message. Any other ideas?

  13. Jay says:

    I had the same problem as Jolle and the same solution worked for me as well. Changed it from .dll to .doc and moved it. After restart it was nothing to delete.

    Only difference was my problem file was uimcu.dll

  14. Kerri says:

    My computer is completely locked up and I cannot perform any of these mentioned tasks in order to remove the Win Anti-Virus Pro 2007. Do you have any other suggestions? Please help!

  15. Kayla says:

    So I’m looking through my files and I read the . Is everything in system 32 part of the virus?

  16. matthew says:

    help me plzzzz spylocked ver 4 stuck @mycomputer… hikx….

  17. driftyjim says:

    This is the worst.
    I downloaded kaspersky trial and this got rid of alot but I still cant run any gaming programs without an alert that something from system32 is trying to inject itself.
    When I deny it then I cant run the programs
    Any help?

  18. wower says:

    how do i get rid of spylocked i searched and didnt find any of the previously metioned files but the piece of @#$ is still in my task bar and my comp is running very slowy HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. mary says:

    um my winantivirus pro will freeze the computer after like a few mins or so. it doesnt give me enough time to search anything…….

  20. brian says:

    my task bar disappeared along with my desktop, what now

  21. leroy says:

    i hAve to say jolle thank you so much man you are a ledgend did exactly as you said and it work god bless man

  22. ann says:

    THANKS A LOT JOLLE…. I did exactly as you said and it works… the file I found in my PC was yesgnhr.dll… thanks..

  23. john says:

    Hey, this is a nasty little bugger, been tryin to delete it for last 19 hrs now… yes i ahve been on that long, ok so the dll file is different for everyone, how do i find which one it is for me? then once i do how do i get rid of change to doc and delete?

  24. nick says:

    i have the same question as john… all the .dll’s are different.. and i need to get this off my toolbar before my cpu really starts to slow down

  25. nick says:

    how do i find the .dll name?

  26. rick says:

    To find the .dll name, I followed the instructions given on this page and be sure to include Jolle’s instructions, then I went to the page that listed the possible spylocked .dll’s and inserted each one and did a search. I started with the new ones and worked backwards and found it in the second try. good luck

  27. Christopher says:

    Because the .dll is “in use” you have to delete it in safe mode. Use either the command prompt or Windows safe mode.

    For the command prompt do the following

    type cd\
    type dir /s
    the “/s” searches the entire drive including sub directories.

    then type del to get rid of this little beast

    You see knowing DOS is still important. If you were a client, I would charge $45 per hour for this. A real money maker!

  28. ROGER says:

    I’ve continuely a message blockiung the functions of my PC. Trojan? that says Windows Explorer is no more going and have to start again. How can I delete and remove this spyware. Thanks you for Informations.

  29. moha says:

    HELP guys i have some thing pooping up form my task par. my comp is in trouble. i don’t know what to do i have tired the above interaction but they are not working for me.

  30. Bawapriya says:

    Hi guys..please help me.I could see Virus Protect pro.3.3 has been downloaded in my system & i have something poppingup from my task bar.My comp is infected with Trojan,which will reduce the performance of my computer.I deleted it from my c: and removed from control panel.SO what steps i should follow now

  31. Pablo says:

    Thanks Christopher, Finally someone who knows what their doing. Finding a solution to this was actually more annoying than the virus… I wish i would hasve found your posy earlier!

    Cheers Mate

    Pablo

  32. Barry says:

    I don’t know if it will make a difference, but I went into FBI.gov and reported this virusprotectpro issue I have. I’m fed up with this stuff.

  33. Gabe says:

    uhhh….ok, i did the search, found something and deleted it…BUT a little shield with changing blue question mark and red x keeps flashing about my “viruses” i have…its next to the time…..so ive tried most of all of the instructions. WHAT IS A SURE SHOT WAY TO GET RID OF THIS CRAP

  34. fumi says:

    I cant find any files associated with the virusprotectpro spyware, my problem is, its showing an icon in the taskbar, and with clicking the icon ie7 opens and “http://www.virusprotectpro.com/?aff=1012″ site comes, and it uses almost 99% cpu, so i have to kill “explorer.exe” from taskmanager. But how can I get rid of this ? I deselected all the *.exe files from the startup (by msconfig), though the icon exists after booting.
    Any help or suggestions ?

  35. Hack says:

    My spysweeper removed spylocked, but the icon is still on my toolbar. How can I get rid of it?

  36. Charles says:

    My problem is similar to that of August 5 by Fumi. As follows: I cant find any files associated with the virusprotectpro spyware, my problem is, its showing an icon in the taskbar, and with clicking the icon ie7 opens and “http://www.virusprotectpro.com/?aff=1012″ Icon warning messages are frequent and stop all other work in progress. Need to be able to delete from taskbar in lower right of Window.

  37. dmorris311 says:

    god bless JOLLE! i have been trying all weekend to get this thing off my task bar. follow instructions on this page and change .dll to .doc., move to desktop, restart and delete. FIXED! now i need a drink. frustrating. my hidden file was:tmxxxh.dll. THANKS AGAIN JOLLE!

  38. stephanieta says:

    has anyone had their control panel stolen,also is spylocked where when I try to make changes to anything on c drive for instance, they say I need a system administrator?.
    how can I get my control panel back?

  39. jay chi3 says:

    i just found my .dll it is msxml3a.dll ,im getting there slowly. u guys (and gals) rock. wish me luck

  40. helen_coachman says:

    please this spy shredder is a virus but am not able to delete from my computer i have a anti virus but it seem to get past it

  41. needshelpbad says:

    PLEASE SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME REMOVE Winantivirus pro 2007
    FROM MY COMPUTER. MY EMAIL IS freshprince725@yahoo.com thaanks

  42. helen_coachman says:

    please how do i get rid of this spy shredder i have tried every thing i can find please help me

  43. Bumpertech says:

    Hey guys,

    I have tried everything, even those .dll files which are mentioned in the forum but I still cannot get rid of the taskbar icon. Any updates on any other files which may cause this problem

    HELP!

    Thanks

  44. sarah says:

    I too have spy shredder on my computer. the bugger is annoying and hard to remove. it also keeps popping itself into my System Tray and it gives me alerts every 5 minutes – yep – ANNOYING ;o)

    has anyone tried bleepingcomputers.com? Is it a trusty site? has it helped anyone?

    looking for people with experience specifically with SPY SHREDDER.

    XP ViSta says: SpyShredder, also known as Spy-Shredder, is counterfeit anti-spyware / anti-malware software. SpyShredder usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Trojan, virus and fake software. Spy Shredder will display fake security alerts or notifications to trick user to buy the paid version of Spy Shredder. It is very important to remove all the components of Spy Shredder and all the malware and trojans that it might have come bundle with (such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and Trojan.Downloader)

  45. Shamen says:

    Thanks Jolle. I had AntiVirGear similiar issues as noted here, grayware, adware, call it what you want. Friggin annoying taskbar reminder. TrendMicro would not clean this for me, and their support department said it was a “legal issue” to have its software clean off adware. uh, think I chose the wrong program!

    Looking for vusxqm.dll Was unable to unregister or delete. So renamed, and voila. Good luck everyone.

  46. h says:

    please help. been trying for weeks to get rid of securepccleaner. tried the search with different .dll listed but cot found anything. Any ideas PLEEEEEEZE

  47. h says:

    I have foung in the control panel the shield icon thata named secrity centre. but cannot delete it. (it could be the securepccleaner) trouble is i cannot rename it or deleat it. PLEEEEEZE HELP

  48. Kate says:

    I found the msmsgs.exe file but I dont have the option of deleting or renaming it. any ideas? thanks

  49. Steven says:

    How can VirusRay 3.8 be removed? Please, someone help me. I tried some of these intructions but its a bit hard to do…

  50. Aqeel says:

    Hi there!
    I’ve searched for the virus and found it. It was “stream32a.dll”. I’ve tried all mentioned steps and ideas but could not delete, rename, or remove. What to do now. Pls help.

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