Screen Saver Tab Gone ????

[JOEL]

Hello, got a weird problem. I noticed today that my screen saver tab in
"Display" is gone. I knew it was there last week, and I get this
advertisement on my screen for Win2008 Virus Protector, that goes away when I
hit any key (Like a screensaver). I assumed it was a virus, and my virus
protector did quarantine a virus yesterday. Is there anyway I can get my
Screen Saver Tab back???
I did run a full virus scan and it says there is no virus in my system, but
I still get that pop up advertisement and still no scren saver tab.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Nonny]

I did run a full virus scan and it says there is no virus in my system, but
I still get that pop up advertisement and still no scren saver tab.

You need to run a couple of malware scanners too:

Download and run AT LEAST TWO of the following:

Spybot Search and Destroy: http://www.safer-
networking.org/index2.html

Superantispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/

Ad-ware: http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

 

[JOEL]

Thanks Nonny

I did find that screen saver that the virus left in my system and I got rid
of it (.svr extension in system32 folder), so one problem is solved. Spybot
caught the virus program, but didn't get rid of screensaver it left
But still got problem of no screen saver tab in display. I don't really
know how to fix that one.
Thanks.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Thanks Nonny

I did find that screen saver that the virus left in my system and I got
rid
of it (.svr extension in system32 folder), so one problem is solved.
Spybot
caught the virus program, but didn't get rid of screensaver it left
But still got problem of no screen saver tab in display. I don't really
know how to fix that one.
Thanks.

You are looking at the Screen Saver page and not the Display page, correct?
If there is no tab on the Screen Saver page then run the system file checker
from an elevated command prompt.

Type CMD in Start/Search (do not hit Enter). Right click on the cmd icon in
the top of the menu. Select Run As Administrator. Type SFC /SCANNOW at the
prompt and hit Enter. There is a space after SFC.

 

[Mick Murphy]

Joel; reboot and tap F8 right at Startup to go into Safe Mode. When a list is
presented, use the UP Arrow to get to SM, then hit ENTER.

Rescan in SM with your Anti-virus and anti-spyware programs to remove
anything left.

 

[meahDaisy]

right hi, got the screensavers (oh yeah had the same virus with antivirus xp
2008) but is there a link for background and themes restore, the tab for
themes is there but no themes , the background tab is still missing...!!!!

 

[Donald McDaniel]

right hi, got the screensavers (oh yeah had the same virus with antivirus
xp
2008) but is there a link for background and themes restore, the tab for
themes is there but no themes , the background tab is still missing...!!!!

If you will look more closely, you will see that this newsgroup is for VISTA
problems, not XP problems.
1) There are no such tabs in the Display properties sheet.
2) The section containing the Desktop Background is called, you guessed it,
"Desktop Background"
3) There are NO TABS AT ALL in the Display properties sheet of Vista.

Post to the correct groups, please.

I advise you to reinstall your OS after deleting the partition, recreating
it, then formatting it.