Wtf, my background on my comp has a antivirus sign on it...And for some reason the option to change the background is gone. This is for Windows XP. Is there a way to solve this?
is it this? Antivirus XP 2008. if that's what it is - it made the rounds on a TON of office computers a month ago, and iirc it got on your computer via opening a news-site branded email. MBAM should be able to get it off, otherwise you're mildly boned because it's a huge pain to remove. edit: this is MBAM: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php i don't leave it running in the background, it's usually all shut down - i just start it up to run a scan every once in a while, it's good at removing tougher trojans like vundo
[QUOTE="banedonoes"]go to safemode and do a virus scan hydralisk86
How do I do that? I can't see the safe mode option when I restart my computer. Is there a way to do it? before windows starts booting up (before it goes to the splash screen, after the POST), hit f8 - i just tap it every second or two to make sure i don't miss the window - and it should open up a list of boot options.
Looks like your Win32.dll file has beem hijacked by a virus.
Download AVG Free version or Avast Home Edition (also free), install and do a C: drive disk scan. Follow on screen instructions.
Leave the antivirus installed, always. You could also try out a firewall like Zonealarm, but until you get used to its popups and become aware of how to control it, you may find it too much. But it will prevent virus type apps from accessing the internet, once they are on your comp which then try and download the bulk of the virus.
Looks like your Win32.dll file has beem hijacked by a virus.
Download AVG Free version or Avast Home Edition (also free), install and do a C: drive disk scan. Follow on screen instructions.
Leave the antivirus installed, always. You could also try out a firewall like Zonealarm, but until you get used to its popups and become aware of how to control it, you may find it too much. But it will prevent virus type apps from accessing the internet, once they are on your comp which then try and download the bulk of the virus.
Good luck.
Neme2010
I ran a scam after downloading avast Antivirus, at times it asked me "File is in Windows folder, are you sure? Choose: 1- Yes 2-Yes all 3-No Esc-Exit. I chose to press 1 each time. The computer restarted, but my background still has the antivirus window on it. Is there something else I can do?
Can someone else help me out? I downloaded the avast antivirus, but I don't know the exact steps to take other than to delete everything it says was infected. Is there something specific that I missed?
This thing is a trojan and rams itself pretty deep into the registry, we deal with it daily here at the Hospital I work at, only real option is to wipe the drive clean and do a fresh install
Can you check to see if you can change your background using display properties now? The Virus Scan may have removed the virus, but your background is still set to the virus background. Hopefully, the tabs that were missing are now visible.
Can you check to see if you can change your background using display properties now? The Virus Scan may have removed the virus, but your background is still set to the virus background. Hopefully, the tabs that were missing are now visible.
Good luck
Neme2010
Somehow I don't see the option to change the background. Is it possible it was removed by the virus?
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