Researchers say that 14.8 percent of Android users who were targeted with mobile malware or adware last year were left with undeletable files. A healthy percentage of Android users targeted by mobile ...

A large number Android phones may be storing 'undeletable' files and apps following a number of widespread attacks, security researchers have warned. A new report from Kaspersky found that many ...

I am trying to remove a file from a win2k user profile because it is borked and won't allow the logon to progress properly. It was created on a server drive during a network backup. I can't get access ...

System partition infections as a method of installing adware are on the rise in mobile devices, according to new research from Kaspersky. It found that 14.8% of Kaspersky users who were targeted by ...

So, I set up a new computer (to replace a stolen one ) and used Apple's Time Machine migration process. It largely worked. But I had some weirdness with user permissions, specifically revolving around ...

Microsoft has rolled out the Windows 11 24H2 update and according to some reports it contains a collection of data that users are unable to delete. It's not uncommon for Microsoft to include what many ...

Windows only: Determine what programs are using a locked file with freeware utility, WhoLockMe. We recently covered how to delete locked files, but let's say—rather than using a brute force solution ...

Have you ever encountered a locked file on Windows? Windows will usually lock some files that are being used by other programs. Or there might be another reason that you are getting this message ...