Windows 10: Post-virus remnant cleanup

Hello!


I rather shamefully ended up with some nasty adware from that I managed to uninstall and scrub clean through a mixture of Windows Add/Remove Program, my antivirus scanner, and Malwarebytes. Things seem to be looking pretty normal now, but there's a few remnants that are sticking around and I'm not sure if there's still malware in the system or if it's just some odds and ends I need to cleanup.


The major one is there seems to be an extra device in the Devices and Drives tab in Simplified Chinese but it cannot be moved, deleted, or even run because the application can't be found might have already been uninstalled or deleted in the cleanup process. Is there anyway to get the logo to go away or is there actually still something there? I've attached a screenshot of the device and the error message I get if I try to move it.


The second is there's one final program that won't uninstall because it said it can't be found. Again, wondering if it's still there or it's just a registry issue that it thinks there's a program there that no longer is that filepath doesn't exist, I've checked.


Finally, there was a new screensaver just a black screen with the date and time in Chinese and I'm not sure how to remove it.


But other than that, I'm no longer getting unwanted ads and the speed is normal. Any advice/thoughts? Thanks for any help!




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DISK CLEANUP

Hello,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Which files are you trying to delete using disk clean up?
2. Which version of Windows are you currently using?

Please reply back with the information to the above questions in order to provide you with appropriate troubleshooting steps:



I understand that you are trying to free up memory using Disk Cleanup. If you are trying to delete files using disk cleanup on Windows 10, I suggest you to refer the following article on

Disk cleanup in Windows 10 for steps to perform disk clean up on your PC.



Hope it helps.



Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Programs not working


In post 26 there were steps listed to fix the operating system corruption.
Are you able to follow them?
In post 29 was the suggested dism repair command.

 

Delete @virus = HR

Follow below steps to remove @virus = HR,

• Navigate to C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and
  delete System.bat (shift+del - requires Administrator
  privilege)
• Reboot the Windows
• Now, delete (shift+del) its
  remnants on desktop, user directories, system drive, windows drive, and root of each partition & drives

#D09r