New strange account created with.computer name

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Hi All,
I am not sure but the strangely new account was created today for me.
Just a little brief here.
My computer name is andy. I am using "andy muer" as my login id.
Suddenly when I restared my computer. My desktop icons were gone and
background was change. It still logs me in as andy muer and same password but
it created a new profile under Documents and setting. I see 2 account
1. Andy Muer
2. Andy Muer.Andy (This is new account that was created. I don;t know how)
No one else uses this computer other then me.
All my settings and outlook setup and everything is in my account #1 which
is Andy Muer.
How can I get everything back? Can anyone please tell what happen. Is this
some kind of attack ?
The new thing I installed was Firefox browser :-)
Please help.

Thanks
Andy
 
Hello, Andy
Sounds like a corrupted user profile, something XP is famous for....
I would:
a) make sure there's nothing in the new (unwanted) acct that you
need (if so, copy it over to the original)
b) go into Safe Mode & delete the unwanted acct
c) Google around for "corrupted user profiles" and read
up....there's quite a bit in MSoft Knowledge Base, also.

Good Luck [:-)

terry b.
 
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