How can I remove a symbolic link to a folder in Windows 7 64 bit?

Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit. Malware any created symbolic links in Windows Defender files. Specifically the en-US folder - it now points to C:\Windows\System32\config:

14/07/2013-13:40

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14/07/2013-13:40 ...
12/04/2011 01:17 en - US.bad [c:\windows\system32\config]
0 file (s) on 0 bytes
3 dir 136,375,107,584 bytes free

I Googled it and everybody says 'just use rmdir. THA does not work

C:\Program Files\Windows Defender.bad > rmdir en - US.bad
The directory is not empty.

Is there another way to remove a link? I tried mklink to change the link in an empty folder - no joy:

C:\Program Files\Windows Defender.bad > mklink /D EN - US.bad D:\TEMP\Empty
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

Why MS did not provide a way to separate a folder? Seems pretty basic that there should be a way to cancel a link operation. Of course, I can't delete my config folder. I'm trying to avoid having to start over from scratch - help!

I had the same problem and I solved it.

Prompt orders open and administrator, and type

CD "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender.bad"

fsutil reparsepoint delete en - us

fsutil reparsepoint delete backup

fsutil reparsepoint delete drivers

After that, to us, backup and driver records - return to their State of origin. You can delete the parent folder and start a clean install.

Apparently, the malware transforms these symbolic links directory entries without changing their "file properties". This explains why rmdir does not remove them.

fsutil restores the malicious acts and you can delete these directories.

I'm not an expert on the file system, but this seems to be a bug in the management of NTFS symbolic links. Microsoft may take into account in this situation?

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