Windows 10: "Your File Is Ready To Download" virus

I accidently installed a virus file. When I try to delete it it just says "This action can't be completed because this file is open in the system". Using windows +r and typing in cmd and then a delete command brings up something similar. Windows defender is stopping the trojans its giving me but I am looking or a more permanent solution.

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New Virus Comes Disguised as IE7 Download

If you receive an e-mail offering a download of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2, delete it. A new virus is spreading all over the web. The e-mail includes a convincing graphic that looks like it could really be from Microsoft, and the virus is delivered when recipients click on the included link. The e-mails carry the subject line "Internet Explorer 7 Downloads" and appear to come from admin@microsoft.com. They include a blue, Microsoft-style graphic offering a download of IE 7 beta 2. Clicking the graphic will download an executable file called IE 7.exe. The file is actually a new virus called Virus.Win32.Grum. Security experts are still trying to analyze the virus, which may affect your registry, mail contact list or steal personal information from your computer.

Source: Network World

 

Downloaded files disappear


When you download a file through any browser, there's an option somewhere to 'Open Containing Folder.'

In Windows, to find a file you have downloaded...

1. Open your personal folder by clicking the Start button and then clicking your user name at the top of the Start menu's right pane.
   
2. Double-click one of the following folders:
   
   • Downloads
     
   • Documents
     
   • Pictures
     
   • Videos
     
   • Music

If you do not see the file you are looking for, but know its file name, you can search for it by following these steps:
To search for a file you have downloaded...

1. Click the Start button
   
2. Type all or part of the file name into the Search box.
   The file you are looking for will appear in the list of results.

 

Slow as mollasses virus scan on file downloads from Chrome

I run a standard Windows 10 setup, with Microsoft Windows Defender and the only virus and malware tool. I also use Chrome almost exclusively.

When I download a large file (~50-100mb), it takes for-ever (15 to 20 minutes) for the virus scan to happen. I am not sure what the hold up is, but I do know it is very irritating. All of this on a behemoth machine, 8 cores, 16 threads, 32Gb Ram, NVME drives.

Any suggestions?