Proxy Desktop

[Jody]

Does anyone know what Proxy Desktop is, where it came from, and how to get
rid of it? It seems to disable explorer.exe and sometimes has to be closed
manually before I can shut down. I use Windows XP Home. Thanks Jody

 

[Malke]

Does anyone know what Proxy Desktop is, where it came from, and how to
get rid of it? It seems to disable explorer.exe and sometimes has to
be closed manually before I can shut down. I use Windows XP Home.
Thanks Jody

See if the information here applies to you:

http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/wwwboard/forum/20861.html

Otherwise, you may have some spyware/malware/hijacker on your system.
Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy (www.security.kolla.de) and
Ad-aware (www.lavasoftusa.com). Be sure to update these programs before
running, and it is a good idea to do virus/spyware scans in Safe Mode.

Malke