Need some computer help

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ok, well i have some porn files from a long time ago and i need to know how to completely get rid of them, so my dad cant find them or anything. so please help me asap

Just select the files, if you're on a PC, and press Ctrl + Delete. That will delte them permanently from your computer. The only thing left would maybe be some logs of what you played in your media players, if you downloaded videos.

What does 'Ctrl + Delete" do? When I hold down the ctrl key, the delete key doen't work in windows explorer on XP.Delete the files, then empty the trash. You can also delete the history from applications like Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, etc. And don't forget to go to Settings --> Taskbar and Start Menu --> Customize, and where it says "To romove records...", click the clear button. (I don't know why they hide that button so well.)

Oh, shit. Sorry. I meant Shift + Delete. Thanks for pointing that out Steve. Geez, thankfully that doesn't do anything bad like format the hard drive or anything!

Shift + Delete theoretically deletes a file without sending it to the recycle bin. You can also just do a regular delete and empty the recycle bin yourself. In fact, you should do that anyway, in case you missed something. And delete your history files also.

and i have viruses now from the porn and i dont know how to get rid of them.

You should have anti-virus and anti-spyware software on your computer, and update the datafile regularly. If you do, just run a full scan with each.

You also ought to have a firewall program.

There are a few free trils of antivirus software if you look on google and most of them you can crack it and put a keygen in of a keygen site but thats very illegal so i would never do it :blush: *cough yeah rite. I would recomend nortan system works. it scans all the incoming files so the virus doesnt get on your pc in the first place. This slows down your computer a bit but if you have a faily good pc you wont notice. I have never heard of getting virus's from porn so im guessing its more spyware. u gotta be smart when downloading porn :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: there is no such thing as "free" theres always a catch. for spyware i would recomend adaware 6.0 and spybot search and destroy those are free. if you are willing to pay get spy sweeper this program is really good! Dont download exe or zip files when downloading porn and dont click instal on anything! dont even instal new wmp plug ins if it askes buecuse its usialy a trick by porno companies. If you want porno download bittorents. no virus's and shit that way

Ok, I have had this problem too. Heres wat i did. If they are internet history files, go to tools on the internet explorer page, Internet Options, and delete cookies, clear history, and delete files. Norton Systemworks is great because u can also use a cleanup feature, which clears all url entries off of ur internet explorer homepage. If it is Windows Media Player files, there is a setting that u can select to not keep history in the player. I hope this helps