What Have I Done Now? MAME!

14 years ago

Years ago, on my old computer with W2K, I had some cool arcade games...Mame.

Today (Vista Home Premium), I did a search and found their official(?) website, which WOT said was Ã«xcellent, and MWB scanned as no probs.

I downloaded just 2 games from the hundreds, and suddenly got 72 icons on my desktop! I deleted them all individually, then emptied the Recycle Bin. Rebooted, and they were still on my desktop!

I created a folder "Rubbish", and dragged them all into it, then deleted the lot. Rebooted, and they all reappeared on my desktop icons. And they're still there!

Have updated and run MWB and SuperASP...clean.

Please, what can I do????

Created a restore point from well before, but they still appear...

Would be grateful for any help!

Regards,

Shax

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shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
Original Author
14 years ago
Oops!
Sorry, everyone can go back to sleep now....think I've fluked the cure...went to program files, deleted all the offenders there, only to have some return under a different name!

Re-deleted those, and just to be sure, sprayed monitor screen with fly-spray, and seems to have done the trick!

Regards,
Shax
azinoh
14 years ago
you should reboot into safe mode and run all your scans again. Press F8 during reboot to get there.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
14 years ago
wow shax that would be a site to avoid, I would definitely comment on that at the wot rating site for that download site you used, that is how wot finds out when a site is bad.

that is extremely excessive junk you ended up with. I am surprised they were still there with the system restore to before you did the install.

You can also use REVO uninstaller if you find you still have problems with any of them. I think I would run malwarebytes a few more times after updating it just to make sure.
kudzu9
14 years ago
shaxhome-
When you did your deletions, did you actually go into the Control Panel and uninstall these programs properly using the "Programs and Features" folder, or did you just right click on stuff and delete? If you did the latter, that can leave a lot of junk on your computer. The best way to approach a situation like this is to use Windows' uninstall capability, and then remove any residual icons and pieces of program files (if there are any) by right-clicking and deleting.
shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
Original Author
14 years ago
Kudzu...just highlighted and deleted in the Program Files.

I did find them there by doing a "Search" using the word "Mame". Couldn't find anything listed in the Control Panel/Uninstall, nor in Revo. When I deleted them, they reappeared under a different name, so I repeated the delete. I think it put about 270 files in my Recycle Bin.

Will take everybody's advice and reboot in Safe, run scans again, and run MWB several times....

Thanks all!
Shax
shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
Original Author
14 years ago
Just updated MWB and ran 2 scans...one in "Safe"....all clear!
Appreciate everyone's help!

Just incidentally, I noticed in Revo that I have both Java 6 Update 15 and Java 6 Update 7. Should I get rid of the 7?

Regards,
Shax
grandms
14 years ago
Yes, you want only the latest update.

Hereafter, the older versions will be uninstalled when you do the updates. All those prior to update 10 had to be manually uninstalled.
shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks, grandms!
owbist
14 years ago
Running Malwarebytes in safe mode defeats some of the search features. It is designed to run in Windows under normal mode, this was posted on the Malwarebyrtes forum in the past few days actually. No harm done of course. Superantispyware would benefit from running in safe mode perhaps.
shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
Original Author
14 years ago
Owbist...Thanks...I did run MWB in both normal, then Safe modes, straight after each other, with same good result!

Will now run SASpy in safe mode...will also be running both daily for few days...can never be too sure!

I also have Avast, Scotty the pup and Spywareblaster all doing overtime...

Regards,
Shax

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