Desktop

[Guest]

I am running XP Home, can somebody help?. My desktop has been hijacked with
an advert for Smart Security Spyware, this has disabled the ability to change
the desktop from the display function in the control panel. I have run
Microsoft & McAfee spyware but come up with nothing. Can anybody come up with
a solution to this problem so I can reactivate my desktop function.
Many thanks

 

[Malke]

I am running XP Home, can somebody help?. My desktop has been hijacked
with an advert for Smart Security Spyware, this has disabled the
ability to change the desktop from the display function in the control
panel. I have run Microsoft & McAfee spyware but come up with nothing.
Can anybody come up with a solution to this problem so I can
reactivate my desktop function. Many thanks

Here's how to get rid of the desktop warning being displayed by malware.
Go to the Display applet in Control Panel and look on the Desktop tab.
Click on Customize Desktop, and then click on the Web tab. You will see
that there are checkmarks next to "My Current Home Page" and probably
"Lock Desktop Items". Uncheck these. By highlighting the "My Current
Home Page" and clicking on the Properties button, you will be able to
determine the name of the file that is the message. It might be called
something like "security.html" or the like.

Click Apply and OK out when you've made your changes. Then you want to
find the *.html malware file and delete it.

If you can't enable desktop backgrounds after a virus, MVP Kelly Theriot
has a fix. Look under Wallpaper-Desktop-Disable Changing here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_w.htm

If Display tabs are missing, run Kelly's registry edit on line 285,
right-hand side "Restore all display tabs".

Make sure your computer is 100% malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke