my anti-spy wont remove 7 on hittin delte it say 1 or more items cannot be removed,so how to delete them??????

Question

the above items are spyware and not wanted but yahoo anti spy button cant remove them so how can I remove them..

Answer 1

in most cases the files that can not be delete are running at the moment so your antispyware can't erase them. the first answer is right, you need to run a computer in a safe mode and run the antispyware then. here are instructions for a safe mode: http://www.2-spyware.com/news/post232.html

the thing is that in a safe mode most of malicious files can't be active so you will be able to remove them easily.

good luck!

Answer 2

You need to use something better than yahoo anti-spy. Try using these, both are free and safe to use.

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free.
http://www.spybot.info/

SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones.Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!

http://superantispyware.com/
* You will probably recieve several answer to you question. Whoever helped you the most,please come back and give that person Best Answer.

Answer 3

You will have to update you're anti-spy program. If it's updated then the anti-spy program you're using is either unreliable or yahoo hasn't updated their virus/spyware definitions yet. The file it found could be a virus instead of a spyware. That's why you have to run an anti-virus program as well after running anti-spy. I ocncur with jhdcomputer

Answer 4

You can download another antispyware software.
There are top ten the best and newest anti-spywares in 2007.
--Top Ten Anti-Spyware Software Review 2007-- link:
http://topten-reviews.info

Answer 5

Boot your computer into safe mode and remove them. It cant delete them in normal because they are in use (running).

Answer 6

jhdcomputer guy is correct I downloaded superantispyware and it took care of my problems when nothing else worked...good luck

Answer 7

you need to hit, controll-alt-delete...and stop them from running first, while active, programs can not be deleted, kk,