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re: Cannot delete files, adware?
Monday, November 18, 2002 at 4:34 am
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Posted by jmb (844 messages posted)


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On Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 12:05 pm, DGath wrote:
>I think this program was installed by Kazaa which has plenty of adware installed
>on it (BTW, if you use Kazaa, get this www.kazaalite.com, no adware) and I've since
>deleted the program but some folders still remain from I believe it is the adware
>portion. Folders such as... b3dlogo, Cache, Movies, mskin, update.
>
>Here's the weird thing... it's on an NTFS hard-drive and if I check the security
>for the folders, there are no groups or users who have access to the folder, it's
>completely blank! So since it is completely blank, and not even the admin (me) can
>get access to the folder.
>
>So how can I take ownership of these folders to delete them?
>
>Thanks,
>Derek


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Cannot delete files, adware? (DGath: Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 12:05 pm)

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-Cannot delete files, adware? (DGath: Sun, Nov 17, 2002, 12:05 pm)
*re: Cannot delete files, adware? (Steve: Sun, Nov 17, 2002, 2:40 pm)
-re: Cannot delete files, adware? (abc abc: Sun, Nov 17, 2002, 6:46 pm)
*re: Cannot delete files, adware? (abc abc: Sun, Nov 17, 2002, 6:47 pm)
*re: Cannot delete files, adware? (James: Sun, Nov 17, 2002, 8:11 pm)
*re: Cannot delete files, adware? (jmb: Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 4:34 am)
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