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I torrented a bunch of movies last week, but there was one within the group that didn't have a name. I did not think much of it as it was downloading, since I was torrenting a few obscure titles. When I went to open it earlier this afternoon, it would not play on any program on my laptop. It was saved as an MPEG file, so I downloaded a codec from the Microsoft store to play it, and still, no dice. I googled the title it provided - movie 65923 - to try and see what movie it even was, and it said that it was probably malware and I should get rid of it. However, when I go to delete it, a message comes up saying another program has opened the file, so I should close that program and try again. I closed every program on my laptop and still, no success. I even did the Windows key + R + %temp% trick, deleted everything there, and nothing changed. What can I do?

I appreciate your help :)

juan manuel sánchez
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  1. Do a full check for malware both with your current AV suite and another, e.g. free Malwarebytes, to be sure.
  2. Check what process is locking this file. LockHunter. also free, not only shows what's locking it, but should be able to delete immediately or at the next restart.
  3. If these fail, you may need to do a full scan when booting from rescue media, e.g. USB or CD.

Some malware is so persistent, the only safe thing to do is to format the HDD and restore from an image. [And some really nasty stuff might survive that!]

DrMoishe Pippik
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