desctop snatched

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by Griogair, Jun 2, 2005.

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  1. Griogair

    Griogair Registered Member

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    elo...long time since ive been on.

    this has hapned to me before,but for the life of me i cant remember how i fixed it...

    windows antispyware said it spotted 'lookingfor dialer'

    i have had this before,and the most obvious symptome was my desctop background being replaced with a black screen with nonsence written on it and a link.

    windows spyware managed to remove it...kinda!!

    the blank screen is gone,but now remains an ever changing screen from my original background,and a white screen.... the white screens properties say: file://C:\WINDOWS\Web\desktop.html

    any help would be much apreciated! :)
     
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  3. Griogair

    Griogair Registered Member

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    cheers for links! :)


    thought wilders wasnt doing hijackthis reports now tho?

    which steps do u recomend i follow...creating the file in notebook sounds familiar.

    cheers again
     
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  5. Griogair

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    hey i posted this ages ago,but have been puting up with the blank screen and desctop recovery screen instead of fixing the problem....its really starting to bother me,and i was just wondering which would be the most likely solution to my problem (post at top of page)

    and what i could use to fix it...many thanks :)
     
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