I am trying to fix my mother in laws computer for her. She had lost her Task Manager, which I have restored, and she has the Spyware Black notice on her desktop that I just can't get rid of. I tried a variety of fixes I have found. But so far, none have worked.
View 7 RepliesI believe I got rid of paytime.exe and secure32. However, I still have that desktop, and i cant change it. Also when I start my Internet explorer It used to give a link to spy sherrif, now it just doesnt do anything. I've tried everything I could. I dont know what to do
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a P4 2.4 Ghz with XP SP2 instaled. Three days ago I was instaling a download tool and was inefcted by major spyware infection.I downloaded MSoft antyspyware tool and cleaned the PC.Still I have this desktop image with blue background and black rectangle in midle screaming SPYWARE INFECTION :Your sistem is infected with spyware. Windows recommends that you use anyspyware removal tool to prevent loss.
View 26 Replies View RelatedI forgot to turn my computer off last night at work and I came back to it this morning with a blue screen that says "Spyware Infection", so I ran Ad-aware and Microsoft Antispyware and between the both of them they caught lots of spyware. I've deleted them but the blue screen is still there. Another thing, when I click on IE shortcut I'm brought to a blue screen telling me that "my information is vulnerable..." and I have three links at the bottom of the screen and they all take me to the same website: spysheriff.com. I found a txt document in my local folder with spysheriff's site on it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have an infection that I haven't been able to rid on my own. I am receiving popups on the lower right claiming to be from the Windows Security Center with titles like:
Alert! You are receiving Spyware!
Warning! Your security and privacy are at risk!
The window has the name "Project1" in the task manager, and it has overridden my ability to end processes in the task manager.
I need help i have tried everything to get rid of this blue wallpaper on windows XP. The background is blue with a black rectangle in the center that says SPYWARE DETECTION your system is infected with spyware etc. and then the address of my homepage is C:secure32.html and i had spy sherriff at one time but i successfully deleted it. Ive run McAffe, AntiSpyware, and Ad-Aware and none have gotten rid of it.
View 14 Replies View RelatedMy Dell Latitude Laptop 400Mhz 128MB ram 100GB HD has been really slow ever sence a spyware infection (witch has been cleaned). Windows 2000 takes 2 minutes just to get pass Preparing Network Connections on startup and once windows is started it can take a long time to start up programs.
View 2 Replies View Relatedcomputer is running Very Very slowly. I have reformated and done a spyware and virus scan.MIcrosoft Windows XP Home and a Broadband connection
View 7 Replies View RelatedThe last thing I want ANYONE to see is My Pictures. Why is this damn thing offering THAT place as first choice for dektop wallpapers? I pointed it (browsed to) Windows/Web/Wallpapers but it STILL insists on my pictures included there! And there is no obvious, clear cut way to change it, I have to google all over the place to find the damn answer! Pure wasted time. to remove that place and prevent it from ever showing up as a first choice for wallpapers?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am wondering if it is possible to find the location of where your wallpaper pic is temporarily stored while it is your current wallpaper. The reason I ask is because I thought I saved the pic before I made it my wallpaper, but I cannot locate the file. Also, is there a way to find out the name of the file? Then I could do a search, but as it is, Desktop properties just labels it "Internet explorer wallpaper
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a 27" Dell Monitor with a Radeon X850XT card. Never had a problem with it and this new problem has just come out of no where.All background wallpapers leave a big gap down the left hand side of my screen. The pic's are big enought o fit the screen resolution and if I choose a smaller pic and 'center' it in display properties it does not center..I have just updated drivers and no change.Have WINXP ser pack 2
View 5 Replies View RelatedI tried adaware but it will not remove it and I also have a red X in my taskbar tray saying my computer is infected.
View 1 Replies View RelatedGot that lame "Spyware Infection" background, and y'know, I'm one of those people who won't really fix anything unless it causes a system crash or something drastic like that. But, since nowadays I'm lookin to change that (me? keep a maintenance sched? I think heck just froze over...), I'm gonna try and see if I can get it all fixed up.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've got some kind of spy/adware that has replaced my wallpaper with a big sign saying I've got spyware and to click a link to remove it. When I right click the wallpaper and select properties I don't get any of the normal options. Also, in the tray by the time (in the bottom right of the screen) is a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark which periodically says I have spyware and launchs a pop-up. Furthermore, my internet speed has slowed right down. I've just run various spyware and adware programs and done a TrendMicro online check and deleted all the files it found, but the problem won't go away.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI also have a Blue Screen with the words Spyware Infection. Listed below is a copy of my HijackThis log. Can someone please help me with a fix?
View 10 Replies View RelatedI was surfing the net and my McAfee virus scan told me i was infected. Soon after my desktop wallpaper showed an ad for free spyware removal software and now i can't change it back to the regular desktop. When i right click it acts like a pic, and won't let me go to the desktop properties.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have read the previous posts of the blue wallpaper coming up where you are infected with spyware. I have been cursed with this happenening to me. I have your directions but I must know what to do about my hijacthis log file. I need to know what to fix. Here is my log file. I will really appreciate if you can help me as soon as you have time. My computer is where I run my business and I am freaking out.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was online with yahoo messenger and I tried to go to a site and realized that my homepage addy had been changed, I figured spyware. I didn't think much about it until my wallpaper changed to something that appears to be an ad for spyware removal software with a "hotlink". I signed off and tried to run my spyware program and got an error message that it could not be loaded. I then tried to run my virus program, same thing. I then tried to get online to make sure my virus program was updated, same thing. It has also did this with several other programs as well as not allowing me to reset my computer to an earlier date (system recovery) nor will it allow me to get rid of the spyware ad wallpaper.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI've already scanned with the microsoft spyware program and ad-aware and to no avail. I cant even change my wallpaper
View 6 Replies View RelatedRecently got a piece of spyware called SpySHeriff. The program installed on my PC claiming to be a spyware fix program (i did not allow the install) i could not remove the program for a while but after looking through help topics on the net i found a registry to delete and fix the problem. Another thing that happened was that my wallapaper changed to this message : SYSTEM STOPPED system has been stopped due to serius malfunction. Spyware activity has been detected. It is recommended you use a spyware removal tool to prevent data loss. Do not use the computer until all spyware has been removed.
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen I click on desktop and select properties to change the desktop wallpaper I have a list of family photographs!I still have the desktop wallpaper folder in windows web folder but how do I put it back into the desktop and remove the ones that are mysteriously there.
View 6 Replies View RelatedTurned on other computer this morning. The desktop wallpaper showed. There were no icons or taskbar. I right click on the desktop and nothing happens. I can do a ctrl+alt+del and access the task manager but have no idea on how to restore my desktop. When I startup in safe mode all I get is a black screen.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am unable to change desktop wallpaper going through properties then desktop. I right click on desktop, select properties, click on desktop tab i then go to try and browse wallpapers but am unable as the box and scroll are frozen. I also have a problem when i type into run. "regedit" as soon as the registry opens it closes again so i am unable to edit the registry or look through it? This picture is of what my desktop wallpapers looks like..
View 14 Replies View RelatedI came home the other day and my family's home computer had a bunch of internet explorers open telling me I'm infected with all sorts of viruses. In the bottom right corner of the screen there is a blinking yellow triangle with a black exclamation sign it that regularly pops up with a seemingly legitimate warning but I know its the virus. Also, on the desktop, there are two icon shortcuts to things called "Live Safety Center" and "Online Security Guide." Also I assume they're part of the virus.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIf I set my desktop wallpaper to a .jpg file then my profile will not retain the wallpaper the next time I log in. However, if I set my wallpaper to something like, FeatherTexture.bmp, or I believed any .bmp files then my profile will retain the wallpaper. So assuming this is true,
View 2 Replies View RelatedI was wondering if there is a way to point the Background page (Right click>Properties>Desktop) to another folder?The folder it is currently showing has pictures in it that I don't want set as a background, but there is another folder I have which I do want to be used. Edit:: I'm guessing there is just some .ini file somewhere that I need to alter, but I don't know where to start looking.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI Cant Change My Desktop Wallpaper At All, When I GoTo Properties And Click On Desktop In Windows Xp Home Edition There Is Wallpapers In There But Wheni Click On One Nothing Happenes I Dont Know What Happened, I Was Able To Do This Before. I Even Went To System Restore And Repaired Windows Xp But That Didnt Help Either. Also When I Have Aprogram Open And Its Not Responding And Usally I Can Hit Alt Ctrl
And Del To End Task It States That Taskmananger Has Been Disabled By
Administrader And I Dont Know Why Because I Havent Changed ?
I have a HP Pavilion A1624N computer, running Windows Media Center 2005.
AMD 64 x 2 Processor 2.0 GHz, 1 Gig of RAM.
All of a sudden yesterday morning when I right clicked on my desktop and un-checked Show Desktop Icons (to take a print screen for my friend) the problem started. This worked fine, I did the print screen and saved it in paint no problem. But when I right clicked again and then chose Show Desktop Icons, they came back, but my wallpaper disappeared. I tried several ways to get it back
I had a desktop highjacker earlier this year, that is originally what actually brought me to TSG forums. I stopped the hijacking but until just now I did not notice I can't change my wallpaper in display properties and all that I can access is the color backgrounds. I try to click on "background" "browse" and "posistion" and can't,The text are gray not black? I also can't scroll through the wallpaper selections! What can I do to change this so that these properties are accessable and adjust able again?
View 12 Replies View Related1) I have no idea how this happened, but when I click on "Display Properties" to change the desktop wallpaper, there are 4 tabs, and only one is related to lthe desktop display. It is the 'Themes" tab. There is no ""Desktop" tab so that I can select a .bmp file to use as my new wallpaper display.
2) While I'm at it, could someone please tell me where and what folder Windows uses for the screensaver files?
I can change the desktop wallpaper background to a personal pic, by using the browse button. no problem, but it won't keep the pic in the list of available backgrounds. it will keep the background i choose until i want to change it, but as soon as i switch, that pic disappears and if i want to change back, i have to use the browse button all over again. running xp home not a major problem, but annoying.if there is a quick fix i can't find it.
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