Unsolicited desktop icon

[Guest]

On the right hand side of my desktop there's this vertical "tray" of
subjects, e.g., insurance, dating, etc. At the bottom is a close button, but
it comes back upon startup. This began a few days ago and I tried "Display
settings" to remove it but doesn't see what causes this. Thanks!

 

[Maurice Byrne]

sounds like spyware.
adaware.com may help

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I tried Ad-Aware but that and SpyDoctor froze my computer until I had
to disconnect everything 3 times until I was finally able to use my browser
again. I see a lot of postings advising to use "safe mode". How do I do this?
Thanks again!

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Lima" <[email protected]>

| Thanks, I tried Ad-Aware but that and SpyDoctor froze my computer until I had
| to disconnect everything 3 times until I was finally able to use my browser
| again. I see a lot of postings advising to use "safe mode". How do I do this?
| Thanks again!

What versions of Ad-aware and SpyBot ?

They should be Ad-aware SE v1.06 and SpyBot S&D v1.4.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure of the versions but it was Ad-Aware Se
and another tool called Spy Doctor. Anywho, how do I perform scans and
cleanups as advised from the other postings in "Safe Mode"?. I'm afraid of
"shocking" my PC again. Thanks!

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Lima" <[email protected]>

| Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure of the versions but it was Ad-Aware Se
| and another tool called Spy Doctor. Anywho, how do I perform scans and
| cleanups as advised from the other postings in "Safe Mode"?. I'm afraid of
| "shocking" my PC again. Thanks!

You tap the F8 key several times upon boot and it will provide a menu wehere you cvhoose
"Safe Mode".

You can also use the free Boot Safe utility from SuperAdBlocker
http://www.superadblocker.com/bootsafe.html

http://www.superadblocker.com/downloads/BootSafe.exe

 

[Bill Wittmer]

On the right hand side of my desktop there's this vertical "tray" of
subjects, e.g., insurance, dating, etc. At the bottom is a close button, but
it comes back upon startup. This began a few days ago and I tried "Display
settings" to remove it but doesn't see what causes this. Thanks!

I had the exact same thing happen to my computer. I tried Ad Aware,
SpyDoctor, Pest Patrol Spybot and ran three different virsus scanse to no
avail. I found the bitmap files for the images that appeared on the desktop
at startup in the C:\Windows\System32 folder and when I deleted them they
were regenerated at next boot. I went to "run" and entered "msconfig" and
looked in the startup window. There I found and exe file, whoes name
escapes me, which was not familiar to me. Upon examining it, I found it was
not a Windows file and deleted it. That ended my problem, no more adds on
my desktop at startup.

Regards,
Bill

 

[Guest]

Yahoo! I tried SuperAdBlocker and my problem is history.. Thank you for
coming to my aid!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help. I would like to recommend SuperAdBlocker..its the
greatest!! My problem has been solved!

 

[Guest]

SuperAdBlocker is a must for any XP user.. it knocked my problem outasight in
the first round..thank you for all your help!

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Lima" <[email protected]>

| Yahoo! I tried SuperAdBlocker and my problem is history.. Thank you for
| coming to my aid!

YW - I am glad you now have resolution.

Thanx for updating the thread and Happy Holidays.