What is order "prefetch hidden junk files" in fact?
Received a phone call today from someone claiming to be from Microsoft, saying that my computer has been infected and crashing, he gave me a 'hidden prefetch junk files' command to enter.
I obviously did not do because I knew it was a scam right away.
But my question is, what is he still doing this command?
The part of prefetch would display only your Prefetch folder. This is used by Windows to speed up your computer startup. The part 'hidden junk files' is meaningless. The scammer you to type only asked that as part of his attempt to deceive believe you there is something wrong with your computer. He awaits for you are not familiar with the contents of the Prefetch folder and try to convince you that what you see is evidence of a virus. Another tactic they use is to make you open Event Viewer, and then claim that normal Windows system events are the result of viral infections.
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-is-the-prefetch-folder
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Hey there,
Make certain to play and ran through the hidden folder mentioned in the title. There is one account of course on our Surface, full administrator access and I was wondering what it is and why I can't access it. When I try to access the folder, I get the following:
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Don't panic!
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Okey Dokey!
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Thanks for reading,
To do this >
Open CMD as mentioned above write this >
TAKEOWN /F "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" r d Y
(Whit quote... better to copy paste... only he)
that way, you'll see hundreds >
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If its exactly like this "failed processing 0 files" then your done good... and go have fun
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Original title: registry exe problem
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I understand that you are having problems removing the aforementioned file. Basically, it's one of the hidden Windows files, and I suggest you try the following methods to remove.
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