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The requested resource is in use trojan virus

starguy197

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So last night, I was looking to install this program, and I guess I made a noob mistake because after that I had several new programs that I didn't install installed, but I was able to remove most of them, though however I can't open my antivirus or anything that would be able to remove the trojan, it just pops up with an error that says "The requested resource could not be found". I have tried to reset my PC numerous times, but the virus will not allow me to do that. I have a Windows 10 Dell Inspiron 15 5558 laptop, if that helps.
 
Now is the time you want to start considering recovering from last nights disk image, or a clean wipe and reinstall.
 


Find a virus remover that boots from a DVD or USB.
Kaspersky, for instance.

This prevents the thing from running in the first place.
 
I'm also having this problem. Right now I'm trying to fight off a Trojan: Win32/Rundas.A and whenever I try to open a downloaded virus installer .exe it reads the requested resource is in use. Could use some help.