"Access denied" to C:\Documents and Settings after removing malware?

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Published on 2011-06-28T00:21:23Z Indexed on 2011/06/28 0:24 UTC
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My Windows 7 PC became infected with the so-called "Malware Protection designed to protect" trojan while I was at work the other day.

I managed to kill the process so that the malware is no longer running.

The removal instructions specify to delete the following file: c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\defender.exe

However, when I click to c:\documents and settings, it says "Access denied". Prior to this malware infection, I've never had any trouble accessing "Documents and Settings" or "Application Data."

I read that in Windows 7, c:\documents and settings is a psudonym for c:\users, but I still cannot find the file defender.exe.

Suggestions?

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