# TinyWallet 'puter infestation help

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 9, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinywallet-puter-infestation-help/839923 "2019-09-09T06:10:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinywallet-puter-infestation-help/839923/1 "2019-09-09T06:10:31Z")

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I’ve got an infestation of TinyWallet crap on an older Win7 IBM T43 Thinkpad - running Malwarebytes doesn’t catch anything, but running Piriform Defraggler does list loads of TW files that can be manually deleted until it rebuilds new files.

Any recommendations on how to clean off the drive and to prevent new crud returning?

Thanks for any suggestions.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinywallet-puter-infestation-help/839923/2 "2019-09-10T13:28:31Z")

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Nothing other than making a thread on a site like [bleepingcomputer’s malware help forum](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/f/22/virus-trojan-spyware-and-malware-removal-help/), which can walk you through installing various bits of software to get the critter, and also check logs to see it gone. They’ll probably also recommend a good, always-running antivirus to keep it away.

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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinywallet-puter-infestation-help/839923/3 "2019-09-10T23:46:07Z")

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What is tiny wallet and what does it do? (Cuz yanno, I ain’t got enough stuff to worry about)

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**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinywallet-puter-infestation-help/839923/4 "2019-09-11T03:46:30Z")

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Background info + removal plan #1:[https://malwaretips.com/blogs/tiny-wallet-removal/](https://malwaretips.com/blogs/tiny-wallet-removal/)

Removal plan #2, if necessary: [https://malwaretips.com/threads/tiny-wallet-removal.38964/](https://malwaretips.com/threads/tiny-wallet-removal.38964/)

Hope those help,  
MJM