these random ZIP files keep popping up in one of my computer FOLDERS, I delete them but half an hour later they come back. These files are all 523KB, and have an adult file name.

What can I do to get rid of them for good, any suggestions? by the way I have a windows xp.Do you have a spyware / adaware scanner? Do you have a virus scan cleaner? Did you check for registry errors?

By the way Please tell me you don't hit Yes to all those security warning window. I have spyware doctor, spytrooper, sbc yahoo online protection, norton antivirus.

And no I never choose yes.

Here is a picture so you can see
sHaRp12........ all these zip files seem to be dated July 7 , 2005
Have you tried to delete whatever folder they are residing in ?

Do you know the site that they are coming from ?
I would also suggest you D/L and install the following :
Ad-Aware SE ...
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
Spybot ......
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html
Anti-Spyware Beta ....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en

Make sure you get any available updates for those apps before you RUN them.
I would also suggest you go into Internet options and delete all temp internet files , cookies and history ......

dl65  You probably have a downloader in Add or Remove programs and there is probably a corresponding entry in your msconfig start-up.

You may also need to look in the registry for any untoward entries on any of the Run keys.

You could also search for .exe files and see if you can find the OFFENDING file.

(NB Second thread on this subject.) Hi there:

few months ago I had the same problem whith a web page named www.hotoffers.com that became the owner of my computer; setting all kinds of pornography to my desktop and gambling games and I can not get off of them until I went to microsoft forums and see one person whith the same problem. So to make the story short go to control panel, then to windows foulder, then to system32 or system  foulder and then look for a file named Param32.dll that is the bad guy!!! you need to try to delete him but I tell you is not easy, if you can not delete him from the sam foulder send it to my documents and delete from them, I have to do that in order to get rid of that. Then run you adware, virus scan and you will be fine.   Try using KILLBOX if you find ths file.sHaRp12


I was given a home built computer that was corrupted beyond anything I had ever seen. It was the same way, porn and free stuff, ads, owned it. I watched it download 14 pages in a minute and I had done and touched nothing, and that was after cleaning it enough that it did not freeze up within the first couple minutes of turning it on.

After beating it severely with Spybot, Ad-Aware, CCleaner and Avast Anti Virus Home edition and running disk cleanup, defragging, manually removing programs it had loaded, junk files,  it works fine now.

It was not a one time affair though. It was over and over. I had to load some of the programs from disks to begin with, as it would not even take a download, period.Again, that would have been a GREAT time for a format and reinstall. Months to fix? No way.You don't learn much doing a fresh install, it's no help to those with the 'need to know stuff' attitude.You don't learn much except how to correctly install an operating system, but I thought he wanted a working system.

It helps to avoid porn sites too.   *CENSORED*, reading that list turned me on.

Have you ever thought of bloody reading any of the other threads where people were caught red handed downloading naughty material and all came here to be told to download "Spybot, Adaware-SE, etc, etc.."?

No? Go do so now.I clicked on every one of those files & nothing happened. That's the Raptor we all know and love!