Wallpaper "stuck"

[Guest skibumre]

I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

 

There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I

can not find it.

I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

computer, but I can not get ride of this box.

any suggestions?

[Guest Adam]

RE: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

Check to see if you have a spyware program installed on your computer

(popular ones are Adaware/Spybot search and destroy) and see if you could

uninstall them through "Add and remove programs" in control panel.

 

Often or not these types of warnings could also indicate malicious software

trying to think you actually have something when you don't. Try disabling

what starts up when your computer starts to narrow down the culprit.

 

Depending on how confident you are you could run:

 

msconfig

 

You do this by click Start > Run (or windows key + R) then type msconfig

then press enter.

 

Then click the startup tab across the top, it should the last one. In the

list you should see are the programs that start as your computer does. Do a

quick search on Google for each of the items in the list and this should give

you an idea of what is good and what is not. Disable ones which you think are

dodgy. You can always re-enable them. Restart and see if one of them has made

any effect.

 

Also check the start up folder (Start > All Programs > Startup) to see if

there are any there too.

 

Remember before making any changes to your computer to backup all important

documents :)

 

Hope this helps

Adam

 

"skibumre" wrote:

> I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

> warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

>

> There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

> I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

> screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I

> can not find it.

> I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

> computer, but I can not get ride of this box.

> any suggestions?

>

>

[Guest Charles W Davis]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

 

"skibumre" <skibumre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:15E4C770-1A72-4134-B12C-0F539533EA07@microsoft.com...

>I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

> warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

>

> There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

> I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

> screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I

> can not find it.

> I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

> computer, but I can not get ride of this box.

> any suggestions?

>

>

Download, install, update and scan Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Following removal of the junk, turn off System Restore. Reboot and turn on

System Restore.

 

This has worked on two computers with that in the past week.

[Guest The Real Truth MVP]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

Use my free Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your

system. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm

 

--

Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

 

 

 

 

"skibumre" <skibumre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:15E4C770-1A72-4134-B12C-0F539533EA07@microsoft.com...

>I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

> warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

>

> There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

> I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

> screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I

> can not find it.

> I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

> computer, but I can not get ride of this box.

> any suggestions?

>

>

[Guest skibumre]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

I was a little leary at first, but after I gave it a try, IT WORKED FANTASTIC.

Thanks for the Great file.

You are truely MVP.

 

"The Real Truth MVP" wrote:

> Use my free Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your

> system. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm

>

> --

> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>

>

>

>

> "skibumre" <skibumre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:15E4C770-1A72-4134-B12C-0F539533EA07@microsoft.com...

> >I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

> > warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

> >

> > There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

> > I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

> > screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I

> > can not find it.

> > I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

> > computer, but I can not get ride of this box.

> > any suggestions?

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest The Real Truth MVP]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

You're Welcome.

 

 

--

Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

 

 

 

 

"skibumre" <skibumre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A6917C0E-27B6-42EC-B99A-05310E9C30DB@microsoft.com...

>I was a little leary at first, but after I gave it a try, IT WORKED

>FANTASTIC.

> Thanks for the Great file.

> You are truely MVP.

>

> "The Real Truth MVP" wrote:

>

>> Use my free Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your

>> system. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm

>>

>> --

>> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's

>> been

>> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> "skibumre" <skibumre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:15E4C770-1A72-4134-B12C-0F539533EA07@microsoft.com...

>> >I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

>> > warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

>> >

>> > There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

>> > I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

>> > screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I

>> > can not find it.

>> > I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

>> > computer, but I can not get ride of this box.

>> > any suggestions?

>> >

>> >

>>

>>

[Guest Leythos]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

In article <9Wpok.22820$Ri.5488@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com>, toidi@tpap.com

says...

> Use my free Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your

> system. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm

>

 

Do you really want to trust someone that was banned from posting

directly to Microsoft Usenet servers, someone that has posted links to

pornographic materials on HIS WEBSITE, who's website is in the MVP HOST

Block list, and who provides a tool for your use that will block access

to reputable anti-malware sites without telling you he's doing it?

 

And do you really want to trust someone that has had to change their

posting identity after

being busted by MS as a fake MVP?

> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

 

Stalking via the internet is a crime, stop stalking me PCBUTTS.

 

--

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[Guest Leythos]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

In article <m8sok.19877$uE5.15374@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com>, toidi@tpap.com

says...

> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>

 

Stalking is a crime, stop stalking me PCBUTTS.

 

--

- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.

- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a

drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"

spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

[Guest Alias]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

Leythos wrote:

> In article <m8sok.19877$uE5.15374@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com>, toidi@tpap.com

> says...

>> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

>> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>>

>

> Stalking is a crime, stop stalking me PCBUTTS.

>

 

Get over yourself, Leythos. No one is interested in stalking you.

 

Alias

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

From: "skibumre" <skibumre@discussions.microsoft.com>

 

| I was a little leary at first, but after I gave it a try, IT WORKED FANTASTIC.

| Thanks for the Great file.

| You are truely MVP.

 

 

 

Far from a MVP.

He is certainly no Microsoft MVP and since he plagiarized the code, he can't be considered

a Most Valuable Professional in *ANY* way shape or form !

 

This is someone to be avoided at all costs.

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest Olórin]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

 

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message

news:1218651231_249583@news.usenet.com...

> In article <9Wpok.22820$Ri.5488@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com>, toidi@tpap.com

> says...

 

<snip>

> And do you really want to trust someone that has had to change their

> posting identity after

> being busted by MS as a fake MVP?

 

Having seen the continuing antagonism between the two of you, I'm curious -

is it documented somewhere reputable that he *has* been busted for posing as

an MS MVP?

>

>> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's

>> been

>> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

 

(Have to say, having this as a signature is more like stalking than anything

I've ever seen from Leythos...)

[Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Re: Wallpaper "stuck"

 

 

 

:

: Having seen the continuing antagonism between the two of you, I'm

curious -

: is it documented somewhere reputable that he *has* been busted for posing

as

: an MS MVP?

:

Not publicly. But, the MVPs have had access to the information.