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Old Apr 22, 2007, 08:39 PM
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new folder.exe etc

my system is hit by new folder.exe virues....it changes the icon of my computer and slow down my computer.....anyone can help me regarding its solution...pleae..???

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Old Apr 22, 2007, 09:59 PM   #2  
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I know that there are others on this site who know much more about computers than I do. But, I would like to give you some suggestions based upon my experience.

I'm not sure that "New Folder.exe" is a virus, and I'm wondering why you think that it is?

If your computer is acting strangely, and you don't have an anti-virus program installed, I would do so now. I like AVG Free Edition. It is available here: AVG Free Advisor: Free anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware tools I have never had any problems with viruses since using it. That would be since about November of 2005. It is used and recommended by a lot of computer techs. One of my friends is a computer tech for a social service organization, and he installed it for me. You can set it to update automatically, or whenever it says that it needs to be updated, you can do it yourself. You will have a license to use it. And, you will need to reinstall the latest version of it in somewhere over a years time.

One time when I had a virus, my computer was acting strangely. It was a number of years ago, and I don't really remember what all the symptoms were, other than that the available disk space was getting to be less and less in too short of time. So, I decided to go searching for the virus in my computer.

So, I did a search on my computer for anything that had been modified or created around the date that the problems started to happen. I found some folders that I could not associate as belonging to any programs on my computer. The contents of these folders was getting bigger and bigger every day. These folders represented the virus. They were literally filling up my computer with unnecessary information.

So, I Erased the folders. The problems that I was having disappeared. I did it with a free product that is available here: Eraser - Free secure data erase tool to wipe files on your hard drive

I am hopeful that the information above is helpful to you. It could be the road to a simple solution to the problems that you are having with your computer.
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Old Jun 1, 2007, 05:51 AM   #3  
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There is a similar virus called spoclsv.exe, i am not sure whether they are related in any way but they cause a similar problem...

this virus infected my USB from one guys PC and when i went to my PC it was detected quickly and luckily i didn't loose my documents...

I had Avast installed and up-to-date
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Old Jun 7, 2007, 05:53 AM   #4  
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[quote=wasimshahzad]my system is hit by new folder.exe virues....it changes the icon of my computer and slow down my computer.....anyone can help me regarding its solution...pleae..???
My computer register edit, Task manager and RUN command box all this commond are disabled. what is the ression and solution in this virus affected system?
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Old Jun 20, 2007, 09:57 PM   #5  
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[quote=Jackson Immanuvel]
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Originally Posted by wasimshahzad
my system is hit by new folder.exe virues....it changes the icon of my computer and slow down my computer.....anyone can help me regarding its solution...pleae..???
My computer register edit, Task manager and RUN command box all this commond are disabled. what is the ression and solution in this virus affected system?




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hi jack

Even I have got the same problem, got "newfolder.exe" from USB
TAsk manager, Run command disabled and pC slowed down.

AVG unable to remove it.
helpme out .
thanks in advance
john
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Old Jun 24, 2007, 06:56 PM   #6  
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There are several infections on which you can have New Folder.exe. Some of which are w32.silly.fdc and w32.imaut.aa. View more about this on the virus related files and process on New Folder.exe
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Old Oct 9, 2007, 09:54 PM   #7  
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Download NewFolder.exe removal and SDFix. Run NewFolder.exe removal tool, click the restore windows default setting button then reboot in safe mode. Check if taskmanager is accessible in safe mode, if its accesible, run the SDFix. Chances are if you cant run taskmanager in safe mode, you cant run SDFix, so system restore your computer to an earlier date until you can access the taskmanager and eventually run the SDFix.

Although it seems that SDfix already cleaned up your system you can manually clean up your shared documents. The virus created virus there that replicate legitimate folders and when you accidentally clicked one, your problem will startover. Click folder views to details so you can easily distinguish which are legitimate folders and which are exes or virus posing as legitimate folders. Delete the folder icons that show as application type. HTH.
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