Suspicious files were copied to my computer via a friend's flash drive. I tried to delete them, but I get a message saying access is denied. I went to the security tab and changed permissions over to my account, but no luck. My anti-virus program (F-Secure) isn't detecting anything though.
There is a secret administrative account that you can get that allows you to do virtually anything, this account shouldn't be used for every purposes, you can delete ANYTHING.
[url]http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/[/url]
Or you can replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe (copy and rename) and log off. Once you're at the log in screen, press shift five times (sticky keys) and a command prompt will come up with system level access. Definitely opens a security vulnerability if someone is physically on your machine, but otherwise VERY helpful.
No luck with either of those. I should mention that this is most likely a virus (despite F-Secure not detecting it), seeing how my oh-so-smart friend got it from piratebay.
[url=http://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php]File Assassin[/url]
and do a scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware & Spybot S&D once you're done deleting.
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