Killbox

[drhayden1]

Ever have a virus or other program that you can't get rid of because it won't die long enough for you to delete it? When Spybot, Ad-Aware, and others fail, turn to Killbox. This handy-dandy download will kill anything currently running on your PC, so you can remove it. Simply enter the path of the offending guest, and Killbox will go to town on it. Think of it like the in-memory mafia. Killbox doesn't care, it will take out pretty much anything. From time to time those of us less technologically savvy (relatives, family, friends) need help with renegade programs too, so if they ever have this problem, at least now you know a guy. Sort of. No problem, he take care of it. Don't worry about it.

http://killbox.net/

[bob3160]

Thanks but Unlocker does the same thing. 
There are also a few others.

[drhayden1]

The requested URL /Unlocker/ was not found on this server.
Apache/ProXad [Jul 18 2006 14:37:10] Server at ccollomb.free.fr Port 80
Not Found

thats all i get on the link bob

[bob3160]

Try it again. 
I bet it works now.....

[essexboy]

Killbox,  unlocker and moveonboot are all very similar but the one I like is moveonboot.  Purely 'cos it is the one I use most..

[drhayden1]

Hey Essexboy
YES BOB....it works now

[DavidR]

- MoveOnBoot http://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html
- Unlocker is also good as it also has a few additional features to not only delete the files but stop any process that is stopping you from deleting a file.

So you can probably because of the extra functionality I use Unlocker that allows you to deal with the problem without a reboot as it can kill the processes locking it.

[drhayden1]

Unlocker i just noticed on one of my sites got updated today davidr
Unlocker 1.8.5 - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ bluehome.gif
07/09/2006

Unlocker is a Windows Explorer extension allowing you with a simple right-click on a file or folder to get rid of error message such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder: it's being used by another person or program. Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear. Select the lockers and click Unlock and you are done.

Changelog

    * New feature: Copy locked file. There is a new drop entry in the drop down menu which allow you to copy a file which has a handle opened. Very useful to copy .ncb files opened by Visual Studio for example.
    * Improved UI: Unlocker Assistant is now multilanguage. Thanks to RDPK7 (Bulgarian), Jiun-Liang Lin Chinese traditional), Toma Bendasek (Czech), Hoder Balder Marcus Jensen (Danish), Raphael Fetzer (German), Javier L. (Spanish), Tuukka Rantala (Finnish), Ilya Dan (Hebrew), DirektX (Hungarian), Marco D'Amato (Italian), Catbaron (Japanese), Dae-Seok Kim and Kim JaeGeun (Korean), Tommy Skaue (Norwegian), Marcin Wawer (Polish), Rhadoo (Romanian), Dmitry Yerokhin (Russian), Emperror (Slovak), Egzon Beqa (Albanian), Pruthisith Prateepavanich (Thai), Aleg Azarousky (Belarusian), Aleksander 'Quattro' Hropot (Slovenian), Igor Gubaidulin (Lithuanian), Ozzii (Serbian), Adis Imamovich (Bosnian)
    * Fixed bug: Denied access issue when selecting several files.
    * Fixed UI: Fixed many languages problems.

[DavidR]

Thanks for the Update info on Unlocker.

[polonus]

Hi malware fighters,

Also don't forget the BFU, brute force uninstaller with special scripts:

examples:

http://www.spywarefix.org/repos/bfu-scripts/

http://metallica.geekstogo.com/EGDACCESS.bfu

there are also bfu's for various kazaa versions, for MediaGateway
etc.
Nice tool in the hands of the malware fighter,

polonus

[bob3160]

Hi Damian,

Nice tool in the hands of the malware fighter

Remember, most of us aren't  fighters, we just love to be protected. 

[essexboy]

BFU is a bit more complex than the others Pol.  I only use that in conjunction with other specialised removal tools as you need to write a small script to get the best out of it.  But it is powerful..

Hi there drhayden1.  Yep I still visit sometimes and once I qualify I'll  be back (in an Arnie accent)