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Want to do a hit-and-run file delete, but...

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I have a nasty virus or two. I've got at least the System Protector virus and the AntiVirus2009 virus. The viruses won't allow antivirus programs to run to get rid of them, and even when I trick them by changing the .exe to .bat, they have services or processes that are running and can't be deleted. Malware Malbytes marks some for deletion upon reboot, but they must start before Malware does.

ANYWHOOO, I thought I'd put the Ubuntu disc in, run the OS from the disk, navigate to the beasty files and delete them, and then go back to Windows. (I'm not running Ubuntu from this computer because people like their Spore and Sims and such.) But when I clicked on the hard drive in question, it said it wasn't mounted, and unable to mount.

How can i complete this "simple" operation in a few easy steps? Please don't be one of those people that says 'reformat the hard drive'. That's like telling a person with a flat tire to get a new car.

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Dr Paul Brewer (drpaulbrewer) said : 		#1

did you try becoming root first at a terminal or just click around?

Boot the Ubuntu Live CD and bring up a terminal

$ sudo su ; to become root
$ apt-get installl sfdisk ; make sure you have sfdisk available
$ sfdisk --list ; lists your hard drive partitions
$ mkdir /media/win
$ mount /dev/replace-this-with-the-right-partition-identifier /media/win
$ ls -l /media/win ; should list files if it worked
$ cd /media/win ; you are now at the root of the windows system
$ rm spyware.bin virus.exe billgatesloveu.asp
$ umount /media/win ; unmount when you are done
$ shutdown -h now; shutdown system when you are done

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