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desktop hijacker
Name: musicallywired Date: August 12, 2008 at 07:18:47 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: 2.4ghz 2 gigs of ram Product: built myself
Comment:
got this nasty virus the other day seems to be going around tried to rip it all out seems to be ok pc runs fine but cant get desktop pic back have just white screen i got rid of the red background hijacker but cant get desktop back to normal please help
Name: darksonic Date: August 12, 2008 at 16:38:34 Pacific
Reply:
Rightclick on desktop and select "Properties" select the "Desktop" tab and choose a desktop wallpaper under "Background" then click "Apply" go to "Screen Saver" tab and select a screen saver under "Screen saver" and "Apply"
having trouble accessing the above tabs? http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_... go to line 285 and rightclick on "Restore All Display Tabs" and "save as" and save it to desktop then double click it on the desktop and "OK" having done this procceed to changing your wallpaper and scr saver.
are you sure you cleaned it completely??
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Response Number 2
Name: musicallywired Date: August 12, 2008 at 16:43:31 Pacific
Reply:
yeah i know how to change it theres something blocking the change so it must have something still in there thats why im here :P
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