Virus turned off active desktop - how to restore "John L" <JohnLenz[ at ]comcast.net> 12/19/2008 3:59:25 AM My son's PC (Dell dimension 3000) with XP Home SP2 got the spyware guard 2009 virus variant. I used spy hunter to almost remove it (it keeps coning back). The problem is at boot, I get the wallpaper screen but no desktop icons. I can access only via task manager. The malware program said 2 windwoo componetns were turned off. I beleive one was display. The wallpaper only happens in safe mode as well. Is there some KB that can walk me through restoring active desltop & the icons? Thx John

Re: Virus turned off active desktop - how to restore "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 12/19/2008 10:53:06 AM Try this removal software, it's free. http://www.malwarebytes.org -- Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users. Need more Answers? Try the new Microsoft Answers pages. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd228912.aspx Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson "John L" <JohnLenz[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message news:FA955704-C818-4CE5-AEED-B22466EA3466[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > My son's PC (Dell dimension 3000) with XP Home SP2 got the spyware guard > 2009 virus variant. I used spy hunter to almost remove it (it keeps coning > back). The problem is at boot, I get the wallpaper screen but no desktop > icons. I can access only via task manager. The malware program said 2 > windwoo componetns were turned off. I beleive one was display. The > wallpaper only happens in safe mode as well. > > Is there some KB that can walk me through restoring active desltop & the > icons? > > Thx > > John

Re: Virus turned off active desktop - how to restore "John L" <JohnLenz[ at ]comcast.net> 12/30/2008 1:49:59 PM Thanks - This cleand it up. John "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2B15B799-C16D-45BC-8059-F02CFCAD27C5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Try this removal software, it's free. > > http://www.malwarebytes.org > > -- > Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users. > Need more Answers? Try the new Microsoft Answers pages. > http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd228912.aspx > Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson > > "John L" <JohnLenz[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message > news:FA955704-C818-4CE5-AEED-B22466EA3466[ at ]microsoft.com... >> My son's PC (Dell dimension 3000) with XP Home SP2 got the spyware guard >> 2009 virus variant. I used spy hunter to almost remove it (it keeps >> coning back). The problem is at boot, I get the wallpaper screen but no >> desktop icons. I can access only via task manager. The malware program >> said 2 windwoo componetns were turned off. I beleive one was display. The >> wallpaper only happens in safe mode as well. >> >> Is there some KB that can walk me through restoring active desltop & the >> icons? >> >> Thx >> >> John >