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Guest raparten
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I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

people with this problem do. Here is the log:

 

 

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

Boot mode: Normal

 

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

 

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

http://www.myspace.com/

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

http://www.yahoo.com/

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

http://www.yahoo.com/

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

file)

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

file)

O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

/checktask

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

-atboottime

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

{08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

- C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

{DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

{e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

{FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

- http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

System Class) -

http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

32\IDriverT.exe

O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

 

--

End of file - 11379 bytes

 

 

I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

appreciated.

 

Thanks.

Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

I am having the same problem. I downloaded some updates from microsoft and

lost the Start button and the icons at the bottom of the desktop. If you find

out something please let me know at <bourquen@yahoo.com> and I'll do the

same, if you get me your email address. Norm

 

"raparten" wrote:

> I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> people with this problem do. Here is the log:

>

>

> Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> Boot mode: Normal

>

> Running processes:

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

>

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> http://www.myspace.com/

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> http://www.yahoo.com/

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> http://www.yahoo.com/

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> file)

> R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> file)

> O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> /checktask

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> -atboottime

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

> - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> System Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

> Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

> Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

> Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> 32\IDriverT.exe

> O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

> Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

>

> --

> End of file - 11379 bytes

>

>

> I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

> appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

Guest TaurArian
Posted

Re: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

 

and/or

 

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 117 - Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

 

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

or Line #195 "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

 

 

--

====================================

TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia

====================================

How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm

Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

 

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

news:0925710D-B2BB-4737-BC6D-B987B11EAC30@microsoft.com...

|I am having the same problem. I downloaded some updates from microsoft and

| lost the Start button and the icons at the bottom of the desktop. If you find

| out something please let me know at <bourquen@yahoo.com> and I'll do the

| same, if you get me your email address. Norm

|

|

Guest raparten
Posted

Re: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Okay, I tried those and it didn't work =/

 

Any other ideas?

 

 

"TaurArian" wrote:

> Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

>

> and/or

>

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> Line 117 - Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

>

> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

>

> or Line #195 "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

>

>

>

> --

> ====================================

> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia

> ====================================

> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm

> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

>

>

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

> news:0925710D-B2BB-4737-BC6D-B987B11EAC30@microsoft.com...

> |I am having the same problem. I downloaded some updates from microsoft and

> | lost the Start button and the icons at the bottom of the desktop. If you find

> | out something please let me know at <bourquen@yahoo.com> and I'll do the

> | same, if you get me your email address. Norm

> |

> |

>

>

>

Posted

Re: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Have you tried doing a System Restore to bring the PC back to a time before

you began "deleting processes" via the Task Manager as the Sims 2 Holiday

Edition manual said?

 

Alan

 

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

news:203C9E89-B40A-4E60-9261-F67D0EBFC5D1@microsoft.com...

> Okay, I tried those and it didn't work =/

>

> Any other ideas?

>

>

> "TaurArian" wrote:

>

>> Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows

>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

>>

>> and/or

>>

>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

>> Line 117 - Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

>>

>> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

>>

>> or Line #195 "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

>>

>>

>>

>> --

>> ====================================

>> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia

>> ====================================

>> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

>> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm

>> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may

>> benefit.

>>

>>

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

>> news:0925710D-B2BB-4737-BC6D-B987B11EAC30@microsoft.com...

>> |I am having the same problem. I downloaded some updates from microsoft

>> and

>> | lost the Start button and the icons at the bottom of the desktop. If

>> you find

>> | out something please let me know at <bourquen@yahoo.com> and I'll do

>> the

>> | same, if you get me your email address. Norm

>> |

>> |

>>

>>

>>

Guest raparten
Posted

Re: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Yes, I tried that... Question- if i do a restore, will i lose all of my files

i have created since that date? I need to back up a lot of stuff if I want

to try and go back farther. I can try to do that sometime soon though I

guess. Any other ideas?

 

"Alan" wrote:

> Have you tried doing a System Restore to bring the PC back to a time before

> you began "deleting processes" via the Task Manager as the Sims 2 Holiday

> Edition manual said?

>

> Alan

>

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

> news:203C9E89-B40A-4E60-9261-F67D0EBFC5D1@microsoft.com...

> > Okay, I tried those and it didn't work =/

> >

> > Any other ideas?

> >

> >

> > "TaurArian" wrote:

> >

> >> Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows

> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

> >>

> >> and/or

> >>

> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> >> Line 117 - Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

> >>

> >> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

> >>

> >> or Line #195 "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> --

> >> ====================================

> >> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia

> >> ====================================

> >> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

> >> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm

> >> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may

> >> benefit.

> >>

> >>

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

> >> news:0925710D-B2BB-4737-BC6D-B987B11EAC30@microsoft.com...

> >> |I am having the same problem. I downloaded some updates from microsoft

> >> and

> >> | lost the Start button and the icons at the bottom of the desktop. If

> >> you find

> >> | out something please let me know at <bourquen@yahoo.com> and I'll do

> >> the

> >> | same, if you get me your email address. Norm

> >> |

> >> |

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

Guest PA Bear
Posted

Re: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Running Kaspersky Anti-Virus?

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/

 

raparten wrote:

> I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday

> Edition manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal

> after i restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been

> happening. Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then

> disappears for couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all

> i

> have is the desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a

> couple of days and i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from

> the list of processes in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything

> came back. but then like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use

> most of my programs through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i

> have seen a lot of people with this problem do. Here is the log:

>

>

> Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> Boot mode: Normal

>

> Running processes:

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

>

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> http://www.myspace.com/

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> http://www.yahoo.com/

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> http://www.yahoo.com/

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} -

> (no

> file)

> R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} -

> (no

> file)

> O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar -

> {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> /checktask

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> -atboottime

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program

> Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe"

> /background O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software

> Updater.exe O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services -

> {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program

> Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program

> Files\Internet

> Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader

> Control)

> - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> System Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual

> Technician

> Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB -

> C:\Program

> Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##

> (Bonjour

> Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program

> Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> 32\IDriverT.exe

> O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) -

> McAfee,

> Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

Posted

Re: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

If you do a system restore and find that you are missing critical files

afterward SR does have an undo feature, it takes a snapshot before any

changes are made just for this reason.

--

Mike Pawlak

 

 

"raparten" wrote:

> Yes, I tried that... Question- if i do a restore, will i lose all of my files

> i have created since that date? I need to back up a lot of stuff if I want

> to try and go back farther. I can try to do that sometime soon though I

> guess. Any other ideas?

>

> "Alan" wrote:

>

> > Have you tried doing a System Restore to bring the PC back to a time before

> > you began "deleting processes" via the Task Manager as the Sims 2 Holiday

> > Edition manual said?

> >

> > Alan

> >

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

> > news:203C9E89-B40A-4E60-9261-F67D0EBFC5D1@microsoft.com...

> > > Okay, I tried those and it didn't work =/

> > >

> > > Any other ideas?

> > >

> > >

> > > "TaurArian" wrote:

> > >

> > >> Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows

> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

> > >>

> > >> and/or

> > >>

> > >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> > >> Line 117 - Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

> > >>

> > >> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

> > >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

> > >>

> > >> or Line #195 "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

> > >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >> --

> > >> ====================================

> > >> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia

> > >> ====================================

> > >> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

> > >> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm

> > >> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may

> > >> benefit.

> > >>

> > >>

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

> > >> news:0925710D-B2BB-4737-BC6D-B987B11EAC30@microsoft.com...

> > >> |I am having the same problem. I downloaded some updates from microsoft

> > >> and

> > >> | lost the Start button and the icons at the bottom of the desktop. If

> > >> you find

> > >> | out something please let me know at <bourquen@yahoo.com> and I'll do

> > >> the

> > >> | same, if you get me your email address. Norm

> > >> |

> > >> |

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> >

> >

> >

Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

 

P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

nothing.

--

Mike Pawlak

 

 

"raparten" wrote:

> I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> people with this problem do. Here is the log:

>

>

> Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> Boot mode: Normal

>

> Running processes:

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

>

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> http://www.myspace.com/

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> http://www.yahoo.com/

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> http://www.yahoo.com/

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> file)

> R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> file)

> O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> /checktask

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> -atboottime

> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

> - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> System Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

> Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

> Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

> Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> 32\IDriverT.exe

> O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

> Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

>

> --

> End of file - 11379 bytes

>

>

> I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

> appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

Guest raparten
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Yes, typing explorer.exe helps for like 15 secs, then everything disappears,

and it disappears from the task manager.

 

 

PA Bear- No? What is Kaspersky Anti-Virus? I did do a Macafee, and Spy

Bot Search and Destroy?

 

"MAP" wrote:

> Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

> task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

>

> P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

> nothing.

> --

> Mike Pawlak

>

>

> "raparten" wrote:

>

> > I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> > started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> > desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> > manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> > manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> > restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> > Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> > couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> > desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> > i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> > in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> > like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> > through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> > people with this problem do. Here is the log:

> >

> >

> > Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> > Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> > Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> > MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> > Boot mode: Normal

> >

> > Running processes:

> > C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> > Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> > C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> > C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

> >

> > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > http://www.myspace.com/

> > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> > Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> > Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> > file)

> > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> > file)

> > O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> > c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> > O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> > C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> > O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> > C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> > O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> > C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> > /checktask

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> > Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> > Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> > Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> > -atboottime

> > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> > O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> > Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> > O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> > O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> > O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> > Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> > O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> > Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> > O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> > Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> > O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> > Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> > O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> > Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> > O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> > http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> > {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> > Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> > - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> > C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> > {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> > C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> > {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> > Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> > C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> > {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> > Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> > O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> > http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> > http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> > http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> > O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> > O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> > http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> > http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> > O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

> > - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> > System Class) -

> > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> > Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> > http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> > O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> > http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

> > Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> > Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> > http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> > http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> > O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> > O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

> > Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> > Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

> > Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> > Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> > O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> > Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> > 32\IDriverT.exe

> > O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> > Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> > O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> > Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> > O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

> > Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> > O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> > Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> > C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> > O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> > O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> > Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> > C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> > O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

> >

> > --

> > End of file - 11379 bytes

> >

> >

> > I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

> > appreciated.

> >

> > Thanks.

  • 2 months later...
Guest kanga_66
Posted

Re: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Yes you will lose most of your files i dumped my computer and it took me 4-5

hours just to download my windows explorer. everytime i downloaded a newer

version i had to re-start my computer. then i lost my sound driver. it has

taken me over a month and countless sessions with hp to restore it and

somehow i lucked into doing it myself if you can back up everything then i

would recommend doing that first before you do anything else. hopefully you

won't have the same problems that i had thankfully i have restored everyting

back to what i had before i dumped everyting

 

 

"raparten" wrote:

> Yes, I tried that... Question- if i do a restore, will i lose all of my files

> i have created since that date? I need to back up a lot of stuff if I want

> to try and go back farther. I can try to do that sometime soon though I

> guess. Any other ideas?

>

> "Alan" wrote:

>

> > Have you tried doing a System Restore to bring the PC back to a time before

> > you began "deleting processes" via the Task Manager as the Sims 2 Holiday

> > Edition manual said?

> >

> > Alan

> >

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

> > news:203C9E89-B40A-4E60-9261-F67D0EBFC5D1@microsoft.com...

> > > Okay, I tried those and it didn't work =/

> > >

> > > Any other ideas?

> > >

> > >

> > > "TaurArian" wrote:

> > >

> > >> Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows

> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

> > >>

> > >> and/or

> > >>

> > >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> > >> Line 117 - Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

> > >>

> > >> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

> > >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

> > >>

> > >> or Line #195 "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

> > >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >> --

> > >> ====================================

> > >> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia

> > >> ====================================

> > >> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

> > >> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm

> > >> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may

> > >> benefit.

> > >>

> > >>

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

> > >> news:0925710D-B2BB-4737-BC6D-B987B11EAC30@microsoft.com...

> > >> |I am having the same problem. I downloaded some updates from microsoft

> > >> and

> > >> | lost the Start button and the icons at the bottom of the desktop. If

> > >> you find

> > >> | out something please let me know at <bourquen@yahoo.com> and I'll do

> > >> the

> > >> | same, if you get me your email address. Norm

> > >> |

> > >> |

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> >

> >

> >

  • 2 months later...
Guest Julsie
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

I am having the same problem. I can't do a system restore from safe mode

either. Anyone know the dos command? Also, seems to be a lot of programs

running in the background.

 

"raparten" wrote:

> Yes, typing explorer.exe helps for like 15 secs, then everything disappears,

> and it disappears from the task manager.

>

>

> PA Bear- No? What is Kaspersky Anti-Virus? I did do a Macafee, and Spy

> Bot Search and Destroy?

>

> "MAP" wrote:

>

> > Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

> > task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

> >

> > P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

> > nothing.

> > --

> > Mike Pawlak

> >

> >

> > "raparten" wrote:

> >

> > > I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> > > started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> > > desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> > > manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> > > manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> > > restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> > > Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> > > couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> > > desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> > > i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> > > in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> > > like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> > > through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> > > people with this problem do. Here is the log:

> > >

> > >

> > > Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> > > Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> > > Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> > > MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> > > Boot mode: Normal

> > >

> > > Running processes:

> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> > > Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> > > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> > > C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

> > >

> > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > http://www.myspace.com/

> > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> > > Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> > > Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> > > file)

> > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> > > file)

> > > O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> > > c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> > > O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> > > C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> > > O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> > > C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> > > O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> > > C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> > > /checktask

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> > > Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> > > Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> > > Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> > > -atboottime

> > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> > > O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> > > Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> > > O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> > > O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> > > O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> > > Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> > > O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> > > Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> > > O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> > > Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> > > O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> > > Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> > > O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> > > Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> > > O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> > > http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> > > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> > > {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> > > Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> > > - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> > > C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> > > {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> > > C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> > > {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> > > Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> > > C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> > > {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> > > Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> > > O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> > > http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> > > http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> > > http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> > > O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> > > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> > > O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> > > http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> > > http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> > > O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

> > > - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> > > System Class) -

> > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> > > Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> > > http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> > > O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> > > http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

> > > Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> > > Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> > > http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> > > http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> > > O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> > > O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

> > > Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> > > Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

> > > Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> > > Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> > > O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> > > Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> > > 32\IDriverT.exe

> > > O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> > > Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> > > O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> > > Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> > > O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

> > > Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> > > O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> > > Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> > > Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> > > C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> > > O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

> > >

> > > --

> > > End of file - 11379 bytes

> > >

> > >

> > > I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

> > > appreciated.

> > >

> > > Thanks.

Guest subsonika
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

I have exactly the same for 2 days. it must be a virus that makes explorer

exe vanish! help please :(

 

"Julsie" wrote:

> I am having the same problem. I can't do a system restore from safe mode

> either. Anyone know the dos command? Also, seems to be a lot of programs

> running in the background.

>

> "raparten" wrote:

>

> > Yes, typing explorer.exe helps for like 15 secs, then everything disappears,

> > and it disappears from the task manager.

> >

> >

> > PA Bear- No? What is Kaspersky Anti-Virus? I did do a Macafee, and Spy

> > Bot Search and Destroy?

> >

> > "MAP" wrote:

> >

> > > Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

> > > task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

> > >

> > > P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

> > > nothing.

> > > --

> > > Mike Pawlak

> > >

> > >

> > > "raparten" wrote:

> > >

> > > > I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> > > > started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> > > > desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> > > > manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> > > > manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> > > > restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> > > > Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> > > > couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> > > > desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> > > > i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> > > > in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> > > > like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> > > > through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> > > > people with this problem do. Here is the log:

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> > > > Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> > > > Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> > > > MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> > > > Boot mode: Normal

> > > >

> > > > Running processes:

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> > > > Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> > > > C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

> > > >

> > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > http://www.myspace.com/

> > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> > > > Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> > > > Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> > > > file)

> > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> > > > file)

> > > > O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> > > > c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> > > > O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> > > > C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> > > > O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> > > > C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> > > > O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> > > > C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> > > > /checktask

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> > > > Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> > > > Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> > > > -atboottime

> > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> > > > Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> > > > O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> > > > O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> > > > http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> > > > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> > > > {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> > > > Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> > > > - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> > > > C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> > > > {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> > > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> > > > {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> > > > Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> > > > C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> > > > {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> > > > Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> > > > O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> > > > http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> > > > http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> > > > http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> > > > O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> > > > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> > > > O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> > > > http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> > > > http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> > > > O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

> > > > - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> > > > System Class) -

> > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> > > > Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> > > > http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> > > > O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> > > > http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

> > > > Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> > > > Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> > > > http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> > > > http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> > > > O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> > > > O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

> > > > Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

> > > > Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> > > > Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> > > > Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> > > > 32\IDriverT.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> > > > Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> > > > Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

> > > > Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> > > > Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> > > > Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> > > > O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

> > > >

> > > > --

> > > > End of file - 11379 bytes

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

> > > > appreciated.

> > > >

> > > > Thanks.

Guest Yai Dee
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Download super anti spyware, install, update and remove all the spyware it

found. Then restart, again update and again run and remove all the spyware it

finds. Your problem will be fixed.

 

"subsonika" wrote:

> I have exactly the same for 2 days. it must be a virus that makes explorer

> exe vanish! help please :(

>

> "Julsie" wrote:

>

> > I am having the same problem. I can't do a system restore from safe mode

> > either. Anyone know the dos command? Also, seems to be a lot of programs

> > running in the background.

> >

> > "raparten" wrote:

> >

> > > Yes, typing explorer.exe helps for like 15 secs, then everything disappears,

> > > and it disappears from the task manager.

> > >

> > >

> > > PA Bear- No? What is Kaspersky Anti-Virus? I did do a Macafee, and Spy

> > > Bot Search and Destroy?

> > >

> > > "MAP" wrote:

> > >

> > > > Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

> > > > task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

> > > >

> > > > P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

> > > > nothing.

> > > > --

> > > > Mike Pawlak

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > "raparten" wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> > > > > started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> > > > > desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> > > > > manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> > > > > manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> > > > > restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> > > > > Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> > > > > couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> > > > > desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> > > > > i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> > > > > in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> > > > > like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> > > > > through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> > > > > people with this problem do. Here is the log:

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> > > > > Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> > > > > Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> > > > > MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> > > > > Boot mode: Normal

> > > > >

> > > > > Running processes:

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> > > > > Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

> > > > >

> > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > http://www.myspace.com/

> > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> > > > > Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> > > > > Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> > > > > file)

> > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> > > > > file)

> > > > > O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> > > > > c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> > > > > O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> > > > > C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> > > > > /checktask

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> > > > > Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> > > > > Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> > > > > -atboottime

> > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> > > > > Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> > > > > O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> > > > > http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> > > > > {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> > > > > Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> > > > > - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> > > > > {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> > > > > {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> > > > > Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> > > > > {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> > > > > Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> > > > > http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> > > > > http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> > > > > http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> > > > > http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> > > > > http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

> > > > > - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> > > > > System Class) -

> > > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> > > > > Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> > > > > http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> > > > > http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

> > > > > Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> > > > > Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> > > > > http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> > > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> > > > > http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> > > > > O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> > > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> > > > > O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

> > > > > Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

> > > > > Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> > > > > Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> > > > > Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> > > > > 32\IDriverT.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> > > > > Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> > > > > Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

> > > > > Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> > > > > Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> > > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> > > > > Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > > O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> > > > > O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > > O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

> > > > >

> > > > > --

> > > > > End of file - 11379 bytes

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

> > > > > appreciated.

> > > > >

> > > > > Thanks.

  • 3 weeks later...
Guest Crazy-t23
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Hello. I had the same type of things happen to me starting yesterday on both

my desktop and laptop, except mine seems worse than what others have

reported. It all started when i was trying to update certain everyday

programs such as windows media player and active X by downloading the new

software from the internet (from seemingly trusted sites) onto my desktop -

which was not running any kind of virus protection or firewalls, which turned

out to be a major mistake on my part. mine started with flashing of my

desktp icons, a newly viewed walpaper stating that my PC in having fatal

flaws due to spyware and displayed a link to download removal software, and

finally i had a small triangle icon in the taskbar tray which gave a

message...... "Your PC has been infected with spyware, run full system scan

after download" and after clinking in the message, i was automatically drawn

to a site where i could download 2 spyware softwares to remove them from my

computer.... Spymaxx and some other one. the link from the wallpaper took me

to the same site (some windows.privacy.....). The whole thing seemed a bit

fishy to me so i did not install the software then roughly every 5-10

minutes, the triangle icon kept popping up messages, but with different ones

regarding, ... spyware can allow access to your bank account and passwords,

security at risk, etc. Plus i would also get red warning boxes pop up

stating the name of the possible harmful file and stated the threat was from

"coolwebsearch." The files those windows displayed were similar to the ones

that listed in the first post above:

 

lsass.exe, funny.exe, systeem.exe, accesss.exe, and many others. I then

ran a search for the "funny.exe" file on my harddrives and found it in

exactly the same folder as the first posting: in the c:\windows\ folder.

What appeared different for me than what others have reported was that when i

tried to access my task manager by using ctlr alt delete, an error message

popped up stating that "Administrator has disabled program" which i, the

administrator and owner, never did and before yesterday, my task manager

would always pop up. This made me really nervous and in an effort to keep

someone from gaining access to my desktop files, i disconnected the cable

from the modem as a security measure until i could figure out this spyware

and remove it.

 

I then proceeded to run my previously installed anti virus, etc, programs

including Fix It and a 100 dollar system mechanic professional from iolo,

which both would detect the trojans, worms, and other spywares just fine, but

when it came to remove them, system mechanic would ALWAYS get to the same

spyware and hang, not deleting any of them. plus Fix it would attempt to

remove them, but most were unable too due to the "program or file still

running" and recommended i reboot my computer and run their program

again...which i tried several times - having to do hard restarts to my

desktop due to the spyware obviously interfering with my normal shutdown

process. when nothing worked i tried to go in manually to remove the

programs and change my settings back to normal. everytime i tried to change

my wallpaper back to it's original state, it would work for a few seconds,

then the spyware wallpaper would show back up with yet another message from

the triangle (which by the way would alway disappear when i moved my mouse on

top of the icon).

 

in my efforts to remove the spyware programs manally, i would have several

system crashes and have to do a hard restart again and again. I went out and

bought two more anti-spyware programs (Window Live OneCare and also the

karesky? anti virus that was mentioned above because it sounding promising on

the box). i tried to install both, but neither would come up to install,

even after clicking on the drive to initiate the setup installer.

 

Now what i have not yet mentioned, was that i had my new laptop (vista

ultimate), which was wirelessly connected to the same broadband modem, but

was not installing anything on it, it was just simply on. It too had been

infected and was running the same programs in the background and denied me

access to my task manager. plus it kept openning several internet windows to

different sites one right after another.... about 20 of them! I used some of

the features preinstalled on the vista system (windows defender) and i

assume that something had worked, since after a quick reboot, i was able to

access my task manager again and able to install both the OneCare and

anti-virus softwares. just using the one care, it was able to remove all of

the threats and i was able to set up personal settings and a firewall never

to allow access without my approval first. as of now all seems to be working

properly on my laptop, but i am currently trying to copy my pictures,

documents, and some of my music to CDs so that i can recover my computer and

restore it to it's originally factory system.

 

I came upon this string of posts after trying to find out if certain files

that were trying to gain access to my computer were denied access by myself

using the firewall features at startup are related to spyware, or if they are

actually needed to have my laptop run correctly. the files/programs that i

am currently blocking are:

 

bonjour service and

mxtask background service.

 

does anyone have any knowledge of these files/programs and are they a

threat?

 

I know my message is a bit long, but i figured long detailed accounts of my

steps would help others not to waste several hours trying to repair their

computer as well. My personal thoughts regarding these programs/spyware, is

that it was sent to me in an effort for me to utilize and purchase the

software the spy ware was linked too, to remove it as if the creators of the

software were also the ones who created and sent out the spyware in order to

gain profits from it. (On my laptop i did go through the recommended scan

from a demo version of the software, which it was able to pick up all the

files the my computer was continuously notifying me about. But to remove the

spyware you of course had to purchase their software for 50 dollars first).

 

i will definatelly continue to use firewall and have anti-virus software

from here on out!

 

 

"Yai Dee" wrote:

> Download super anti spyware, install, update and remove all the spyware it

> found. Then restart, again update and again run and remove all the spyware it

> finds. Your problem will be fixed.

>

> "subsonika" wrote:

>

> > I have exactly the same for 2 days. it must be a virus that makes explorer

> > exe vanish! help please :(

> >

> > "Julsie" wrote:

> >

> > > I am having the same problem. I can't do a system restore from safe mode

> > > either. Anyone know the dos command? Also, seems to be a lot of programs

> > > running in the background.

> > >

> > > "raparten" wrote:

> > >

> > > > Yes, typing explorer.exe helps for like 15 secs, then everything disappears,

> > > > and it disappears from the task manager.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > PA Bear- No? What is Kaspersky Anti-Virus? I did do a Macafee, and Spy

> > > > Bot Search and Destroy?

> > > >

> > > > "MAP" wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

> > > > > task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

> > > > >

> > > > > P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

> > > > > nothing.

> > > > > --

> > > > > Mike Pawlak

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > "raparten" wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > > I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> > > > > > started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> > > > > > desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> > > > > > manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> > > > > > manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> > > > > > restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> > > > > > Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> > > > > > couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> > > > > > desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> > > > > > i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> > > > > > in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> > > > > > like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> > > > > > through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> > > > > > people with this problem do. Here is the log:

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> > > > > > Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> > > > > > Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> > > > > > MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> > > > > > Boot mode: Normal

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Running processes:

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> > > > > > Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

> > > > > >

> > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > > http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > > http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > > http://www.myspace.com/

> > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> > > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> > > > > > Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> > > > > > Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> > > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> > > > > > file)

> > > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> > > > > > file)

> > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> > > > > > c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> > > > > > /checktask

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> > > > > > Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > > Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> > > > > > -atboottime

> > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> > > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> > > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > > Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> > > > > > Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> > > > > > O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> > > > > > http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> > > > > > {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > > O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> > > > > > - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> > > > > > {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > > O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> > > > > > {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> > > > > > Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > > O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> > > > > > {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > > O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> > > > > > Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> > > > > > http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> > > > > > http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> > > > > > http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> > > > > > http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

> > > > > > http://moneycentral.msn.com/cabs/pmupd806.exe

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control)

> > > > > > - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating

> > > > > > System Class) -

> > > > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {55027008-315F-4F45-BBC3-8BE119764741} (Slide Image Uploader

> > > > > > Control) - http://www.slide.com/uploader/SlideImageUploader.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

> > > > > > http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1191693363343

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) -

> > > > > > http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {78AEEDE8-7345-4FB5-A8FE-4BFF16EF25FC} (McAfee Virtual Technician

> > > > > > Control Class) - http://mvt.mcafee.com/mvt/bin/3,0,1,0/mvt.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer

> > > > > > Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {A8F2B9BD-A6A0-486A-9744-18920D898429} (ScorchPlugin Class) -

> > > > > > http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/win/ActiveXPlugin.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) -

> > > > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} -

> > > > > > http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/global/msc37.cab

> > > > > > O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) -

> > > > > > http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/2,1,0,4784/mcfscan.cab

> > > > > > O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > > Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour

> > > > > > Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. -

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet

> > > > > > Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision

> > > > > > Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel

> > > > > > 32\IDriverT.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program

> > > > > > Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. -

> > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc -

> > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee,

> > > > > > Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee

> > > > > > Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation -

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPHipm09.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation -

> > > > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America

> > > > > > Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > > > O23 - Service: WRC (Windows Redundancy Check) - Unknown owner -

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\repair\services.exe (file missing)

> > > > > > O23 - Service: Windows Messenger Service (WINMGR) - Unknown owner -

> > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > > > O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - (no file)

> > > > > >

> > > > > > --

> > > > > > End of file - 11379 bytes

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > I am not very savvy when it comes to this stuff so any help would be greatly

> > > > > > appreciated.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Thanks.

Guest ydoc
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

QUOTE "I came upon this string of posts after trying to find out if certain

files

that were trying to gain access to my computer were denied access by myself

using the firewall features at startup are related to spyware, or if they are

actually needed to have my laptop run correctly. the files/programs that i

am currently blocking are:

 

bonjour service and

mxtask background service.

 

does anyone have any knowledge of these files/programs and are they a

threat? "

------------------------------

I am having some of the same problems with my own system. I am still trying

to solve it. My first problem was when my desktop background changed into a

bright blue back, with a rectangle in the middle with "Your computer may be

infected with spyware" blah blah. Well with that it took away my

configuration tabs on the desktop properties, so I am not able to change my

powerscheme or screensaver, or the color or the picture! I disabled xp theme

and went with classic to limit the control the program has over things.

Helped in the way that it then gave me the whole "Active desktop recovery"

background with the "restore" button on it. it seemed to help for a minute,

but didn't give me back my tabs. My color depth seems to change randomly,

noted by the pics or icons within IE (fuzzy and dull). When windows starts

up, a randomly alphanumeric service runs, and it seems to be the cause.

Disable it and computer runs faster, but now it has progressed to the point

that exporer no longer loads automatically, and I have no form of a start

menu/task bar. Usually when you manually run explorer from task manager, the

start menu will show itself. Not now. I do have input on what the Bonjour

service is, in my opinion "EVIL" but the technical side of it, ADOBE license

node produced by Apple Computers. Problems are all I see it cause. It also

gives way to a service by the name of mDns.dll or something similar. If you

have fireworks, flash or anything else made by monopoly ie:ADOBE it will

automatically install. If you look under mmc services, you will see it as

the only service that is alphanumeric and usually at the top given a

alphabetic sort order. I disable it, and everything still works. Hope this

might help, sorry if it doesn't. Good luck.-

Guest Crazy-t23
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

Thanks. I went through a complete destructive system restore which my HP

came pre-installed with in a seperate hard drive....glad it did. It just

restored my desktop back to the same system and settings as when we first

turned it on. It was probably needing a complete restore anyway with all the

stuff installed and uninstalled on it over that last 5 years!! We just had

to go in and re-install all the programs we actually use and download drivers

from the net for our printer, etc. It is just taking a while to update

everything from Microsoft.... SP 2 and 3, and all the security updates that

have occured over the last 5 years. I believe we have 3 or 4 virus and

spyware protections on it now..... hopefully together they stop all threats

like this from happening ever again in the future.

 

"ydoc" wrote:

> QUOTE "I came upon this string of posts after trying to find out if certain

> files

> that were trying to gain access to my computer were denied access by myself

> using the firewall features at startup are related to spyware, or if they are

> actually needed to have my laptop run correctly. the files/programs that i

> am currently blocking are:

>

> bonjour service and

> mxtask background service.

>

> does anyone have any knowledge of these files/programs and are they a

> threat? "

> ------------------------------

> I am having some of the same problems with my own system. I am still trying

> to solve it. My first problem was when my desktop background changed into a

> bright blue back, with a rectangle in the middle with "Your computer may be

> infected with spyware" blah blah. Well with that it took away my

> configuration tabs on the desktop properties, so I am not able to change my

> powerscheme or screensaver, or the color or the picture! I disabled xp theme

> and went with classic to limit the control the program has over things.

> Helped in the way that it then gave me the whole "Active desktop recovery"

> background with the "restore" button on it. it seemed to help for a minute,

> but didn't give me back my tabs. My color depth seems to change randomly,

> noted by the pics or icons within IE (fuzzy and dull). When windows starts

> up, a randomly alphanumeric service runs, and it seems to be the cause.

> Disable it and computer runs faster, but now it has progressed to the point

> that exporer no longer loads automatically, and I have no form of a start

> menu/task bar. Usually when you manually run explorer from task manager, the

> start menu will show itself. Not now. I do have input on what the Bonjour

> service is, in my opinion "EVIL" but the technical side of it, ADOBE license

> node produced by Apple Computers. Problems are all I see it cause. It also

> gives way to a service by the name of mDns.dll or something similar. If you

> have fireworks, flash or anything else made by monopoly ie:ADOBE it will

> automatically install. If you look under mmc services, you will see it as

> the only service that is alphanumeric and usually at the top given a

> alphabetic sort order. I disable it, and everything still works. Hope this

> might help, sorry if it doesn't. Good luck.-

>

  • 1 month later...
Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

 

 

"Crazy-t23" wrote:

> Hello. I had the same type of things happen to me starting yesterday on both

> my desktop and laptop, except mine seems worse than what others have

> reported. It all started when i was trying to update certain everyday

> programs such as windows media player and active X by downloading the new

> software from the internet (from seemingly trusted sites) onto my desktop -

> which was not running any kind of virus protection or firewalls, which turned

> out to be a major mistake on my part. mine started with flashing of my

> desktp icons, a newly viewed walpaper stating that my PC in having fatal

> flaws due to spyware and displayed a link to download removal software, and

> finally i had a small triangle icon in the taskbar tray which gave a

> message...... "Your PC has been infected with spyware, run full system scan

> after download" and after clinking in the message, i was automatically drawn

> to a site where i could download 2 spyware softwares to remove them from my

> computer.... Spymaxx and some other one. the link from the wallpaper took me

> to the same site (some windows.privacy.....). The whole thing seemed a bit

> fishy to me so i did not install the software then roughly every 5-10

> minutes, the triangle icon kept popping up messages, but with different ones

> regarding, ... spyware can allow access to your bank account and passwords,

> security at risk, etc. Plus i would also get red warning boxes pop up

> stating the name of the possible harmful file and stated the threat was from

> "coolwebsearch." The files those windows displayed were similar to the ones

> that listed in the first post above:

>

> lsass.exe, funny.exe, systeem.exe, accesss.exe, and many others. I then

> ran a search for the "funny.exe" file on my harddrives and found it in

> exactly the same folder as the first posting: in the c:\windows\ folder.

> What appeared different for me than what others have reported was that when i

> tried to access my task manager by using ctlr alt delete, an error message

> popped up stating that "Administrator has disabled program" which i, the

> administrator and owner, never did and before yesterday, my task manager

> would always pop up. This made me really nervous and in an effort to keep

> someone from gaining access to my desktop files, i disconnected the cable

> from the modem as a security measure until i could figure out this spyware

> and remove it.

>

> I then proceeded to run my previously installed anti virus, etc, programs

> including Fix It and a 100 dollar system mechanic professional from iolo,

> which both would detect the trojans, worms, and other spywares just fine, but

> when it came to remove them, system mechanic would ALWAYS get to the same

> spyware and hang, not deleting any of them. plus Fix it would attempt to

> remove them, but most were unable too due to the "program or file still

> running" and recommended i reboot my computer and run their program

> again...which i tried several times - having to do hard restarts to my

> desktop due to the spyware obviously interfering with my normal shutdown

> process. when nothing worked i tried to go in manually to remove the

> programs and change my settings back to normal. everytime i tried to change

> my wallpaper back to it's original state, it would work for a few seconds,

> then the spyware wallpaper would show back up with yet another message from

> the triangle (which by the way would alway disappear when i moved my mouse on

> top of the icon).

>

> in my efforts to remove the spyware programs manally, i would have several

> system crashes and have to do a hard restart again and again. I went out and

> bought two more anti-spyware programs (Window Live OneCare and also the

> karesky? anti virus that was mentioned above because it sounding promising on

> the box). i tried to install both, but neither would come up to install,

> even after clicking on the drive to initiate the setup installer.

>

> Now what i have not yet mentioned, was that i had my new laptop (vista

> ultimate), which was wirelessly connected to the same broadband modem, but

> was not installing anything on it, it was just simply on. It too had been

> infected and was running the same programs in the background and denied me

> access to my task manager. plus it kept openning several internet windows to

> different sites one right after another.... about 20 of them! I used some of

> the features preinstalled on the vista system (windows defender) and i

> assume that something had worked, since after a quick reboot, i was able to

> access my task manager again and able to install both the OneCare and

> anti-virus softwares. just using the one care, it was able to remove all of

> the threats and i was able to set up personal settings and a firewall never

> to allow access without my approval first. as of now all seems to be working

> properly on my laptop, but i am currently trying to copy my pictures,

> documents, and some of my music to CDs so that i can recover my computer and

> restore it to it's originally factory system.

>

> I came upon this string of posts after trying to find out if certain files

> that were trying to gain access to my computer were denied access by myself

> using the firewall features at startup are related to spyware, or if they are

> actually needed to have my laptop run correctly. the files/programs that i

> am currently blocking are:

>

> bonjour service and

> mxtask background service.

>

> does anyone have any knowledge of these files/programs and are they a

> threat?

>

> I know my message is a bit long, but i figured long detailed accounts of my

> steps would help others not to waste several hours trying to repair their

> computer as well. My personal thoughts regarding these programs/spyware, is

> that it was sent to me in an effort for me to utilize and purchase the

> software the spy ware was linked too, to remove it as if the creators of the

> software were also the ones who created and sent out the spyware in order to

> gain profits from it. (On my laptop i did go through the recommended scan

> from a demo version of the software, which it was able to pick up all the

> files the my computer was continuously notifying me about. But to remove the

> spyware you of course had to purchase their software for 50 dollars first).

>

> i will definatelly continue to use firewall and have anti-virus software

> from here on out!

>

>

> "Yai Dee" wrote:

>

> > Download super anti spyware, install, update and remove all the spyware it

> > found. Then restart, again update and again run and remove all the spyware it

> > finds. Your problem will be fixed.

> >

> > "subsonika" wrote:

> >

> > > I have exactly the same for 2 days. it must be a virus that makes explorer

> > > exe vanish! help please :(

> > >

> > > "Julsie" wrote:

> > >

> > > > I am having the same problem. I can't do a system restore from safe mode

> > > > either. Anyone know the dos command? Also, seems to be a lot of programs

> > > > running in the background.

> > > >

> > > > "raparten" wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > Yes, typing explorer.exe helps for like 15 secs, then everything disappears,

> > > > > and it disappears from the task manager.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > PA Bear- No? What is Kaspersky Anti-Virus? I did do a Macafee, and Spy

> > > > > Bot Search and Destroy?

> > > > >

> > > > > "MAP" wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > > Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

> > > > > > task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

> > > > > >

> > > > > > P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

> > > > > > nothing.

> > > > > > --

> > > > > > Mike Pawlak

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > "raparten" wrote:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> > > > > > > started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> > > > > > > desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> > > > > > > manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> > > > > > > manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> > > > > > > restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> > > > > > > Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> > > > > > > couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> > > > > > > desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> > > > > > > i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> > > > > > > in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> > > > > > > like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> > > > > > > through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> > > > > > > people with this problem do. Here is the log:

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> > > > > > > Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> > > > > > > Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> > > > > > > MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> > > > > > > Boot mode: Normal

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Running processes:

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> > > > > > > Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > > > http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > > > http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > > R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > > > http://www.myspace.com/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> > > > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> > > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > > R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> > > > > > > Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> > > > > > > Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> > > > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> > > > > > > file)

> > > > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> > > > > > > file)

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> > > > > > > c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> > > > > > > /checktask

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> > > > > > > Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > > > Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> > > > > > > -atboottime

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> > > > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> > > > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > > > Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> > > > > > > Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> > > > > > > O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> > > > > > > http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> > > > > > > {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> > > > > > > - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> > > > > > > {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> > > > > > > {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> > > > > > > Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> > > > > > > {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > > > O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> > > > > > > Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> > > > > > > http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> > > > > > > http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> > > > > > > http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> > > > > > > http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

Posted

RE: no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??

 

I have had alot of problems in the past and learned the hardway about what

can be deleted and what can't be undone, but will try anything and everything

to have my pc working like new. One reason why I don't worry about

consequences is because I keep a backup (on cd) of everything I want to

save. I have Operating System software which will repair almost anything

(except Explorer, which I unistalled once )The other reason is because if my

PC is having problems that I can't fix or if PC is sluggish, I'll take my PC

down, format to Zero and reinstall Windows etc. I have OS, WinXP, WinXP 2,

Applications and Drivers software which came with my PC so it makes it easy.

Matter of fact, once a year, I'll update my backup and delete, uninstall

EVERYTHING off my Pc, take it down to zero and reinstall Windows. Its great,

like having a new pc. Been doing this for 10 yrs and have no problems. I'm

not a computer nerd (wish I were) just bought a few "Dummie" books and

learned by trial and error. I know alot of people don't clean pc as they

have it scheduled to clean itself, but if your not on the pc at that time

what good is it ??? I have Registry Mechanic which is a good tool, also you

can go to download.com and download CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) for "free" which

will CLEAN everything even if you think you are emptying your temp files,

you'll be surprised what is left behind! It will also delete your passwords

to web sites so you'll have to login first time. It also has "Scan for

Issues" which will help solve ALOT of problems, but

make sure you click 'yes' to backup changes so you can undo if there is a

problem with an issue, if so, see which issue you want to keep and delete the

rest. When I click yes to backup, I'll put a date on it, so I just keep the

latest one and delete the other each time I do it. But I've never had a

problem and know its safe. I hope I explained this ok, its so much easier

"showing" someone, isn't it?? lolol Well, I hope it all goes well for

you who have the problems with task bar, start and Explorer and flashing

screens... I would install CCleaner and if it can't fix it uninstall

Explorer, defrag & scan disk then re-install. Also, try

rebooting F8/F3 and thats where you'll find your BIOS/Dos settings or

clicking on "Return Computer to Default Settings" which should work. Good

Luck!

> Hello. I had the same type of things happen to me starting yesterday on both

> my desktop and laptop, except mine seems worse than what others have

> reported. It all started when i was trying to update certain everyday

> programs such as windows media player and active X by downloading the new

> software from the internet (from seemingly trusted sites) onto my desktop -

> which was not running any kind of virus protection or firewalls, which turned

> out to be a major mistake on my part. mine started with flashing of my

> desktp icons, a newly viewed walpaper stating that my PC in having fatal

> flaws due to spyware and displayed a link to download removal software, and

> finally i had a small triangle icon in the taskbar tray which gave a

> message...... "Your PC has been infected with spyware, run full system scan

> after download" and after clinking in the message, i was automatically drawn

> to a site where i could download 2 spyware softwares to remove them from my

> computer.... Spymaxx and some other one. the link from the wallpaper took me

> to the same site (some windows.privacy.....). The whole thing seemed a bit

> fishy to me so i did not install the software then roughly every 5-10

> minutes, the triangle icon kept popping up messages, but with different ones

> regarding, ... spyware can allow access to your bank account and passwords,

> security at risk, etc. Plus i would also get red warning boxes pop up

> stating the name of the possible harmful file and stated the threat was from

> "coolwebsearch." The files those windows displayed were similar to the ones

> that listed in the first post above:

>

> lsass.exe, funny.exe, systeem.exe, accesss.exe, and many others. I then

> ran a search for the "funny.exe" file on my harddrives and found it in

> exactly the same folder as the first posting: in the c:\windows\ folder.

> What appeared different for me than what others have reported was that when i

> tried to access my task manager by using ctlr alt delete, an error message

> popped up stating that "Administrator has disabled program" which i, the

> administrator and owner, never did and before yesterday, my task manager

> would always pop up. This made me really nervous and in an effort to keep

> someone from gaining access to my desktop files, i disconnected the cable

> from the modem as a security measure until i could figure out this spyware

> and remove it.

>

> I then proceeded to run my previously installed anti virus, etc, programs

> including Fix It and a 100 dollar system mechanic professional from iolo,

> which both would detect the trojans, worms, and other spywares just fine, but

> when it came to remove them, system mechanic would ALWAYS get to the same

> spyware and hang, not deleting any of them. plus Fix it would attempt to

> remove them, but most were unable too due to the "program or file still

> running" and recommended i reboot my computer and run their program

> again...which i tried several times - having to do hard restarts to my

> desktop due to the spyware obviously interfering with my normal shutdown

> process. when nothing worked i tried to go in manually to remove the

> programs and change my settings back to normal. everytime i tried to change

> my wallpaper back to it's original state, it would work for a few seconds,

> then the spyware wallpaper would show back up with yet another message from

> the triangle (which by the way would alway disappear when i moved my mouse on

> top of the icon).

>

> in my efforts to remove the spyware programs manally, i would have several

> system crashes and have to do a hard restart again and again. I went out and

> bought two more anti-spyware programs (Window Live OneCare and also the

> karesky? anti virus that was mentioned above because it sounding promising on

> the box). i tried to install both, but neither would come up to install,

> even after clicking on the drive to initiate the setup installer.

>

> Now what i have not yet mentioned, was that i had my new laptop (vista

> ultimate), which was wirelessly connected to the same broadband modem, but

> was not installing anything on it, it was just simply on. It too had been

> infected and was running the same programs in the background and denied me

> access to my task manager. plus it kept openning several internet windows to

> different sites one right after another.... about 20 of them! I used some of

> the features preinstalled on the vista system (windows defender) and i

> assume that something had worked, since after a quick reboot, i was able to

> access my task manager again and able to install both the OneCare and

> anti-virus softwares. just using the one care, it was able to remove all of

> the threats and i was able to set up personal settings and a firewall never

> to allow access without my approval first. as of now all seems to be working

> properly on my laptop, but i am currently trying to copy my pictures,

> documents, and some of my music to CDs so that i can recover my computer and

> restore it to it's originally factory system.

>

> I came upon this string of posts after trying to find out if certain files

> that were trying to gain access to my computer were denied access by myself

> using the firewall features at startup are related to spyware, or if they are

> actually needed to have my laptop run correctly. the files/programs that i

> am currently blocking are:

>

> bonjour service and

> mxtask background service.

>

> does anyone have any knowledge of these files/programs and are they a

> threat?

>

> I know my message is a bit long, but i figured long detailed accounts of my

> steps would help others not to waste several hours trying to repair their

> computer as well. My personal thoughts regarding these programs/spyware, is

> that it was sent to me in an effort for me to utilize and purchase the

> software the spy ware was linked too, to remove it as if the creators of the

> software were also the ones who created and sent out the spyware in order to

> gain profits from it. (On my laptop i did go through the recommended scan

> from a demo version of the software, which it was able to pick up all the

> files the my computer was continuously notifying me about. But to remove the

> spyware you of course had to purchase their software for 50 dollars first).

>

> i will definatelly continue to use firewall and have anti-virus software

> from here on out!

>

>

> "Yai Dee" wrote:

>

> > Download super anti spyware, install, update and remove all the spyware it

> > found. Then restart, again update and again run and remove all the spyware it

> > finds. Your problem will be fixed.

> >

> > "subsonika" wrote:

> >

> > > I have exactly the same for 2 days. it must be a virus that makes explorer

> > > exe vanish! help please :(

> > >

> > > "Julsie" wrote:

> > >

> > > > I am having the same problem. I can't do a system restore from safe mode

> > > > either. Anyone know the dos command? Also, seems to be a lot of programs

> > > > running in the background.

> > > >

> > > > "raparten" wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > Yes, typing explorer.exe helps for like 15 secs, then everything disappears,

> > > > > and it disappears from the task manager.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > PA Bear- No? What is Kaspersky Anti-Virus? I did do a Macafee, and Spy

> > > > > Bot Search and Destroy?

> > > > >

> > > > > "MAP" wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > > Open tas manager then click on "file" in the upper lt. corner select "new

> > > > > > task" type in explorer.exe then hit ok, does your desktop reappear?

> > > > > >

> > > > > > P.S. I noticed that you are running AOL well it's not called AOHELL for

> > > > > > nothing.

> > > > > > --

> > > > > > Mike Pawlak

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > "raparten" wrote:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It

> > > > > > > started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the

> > > > > > > desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task

> > > > > > > manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition

> > > > > > > manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i

> > > > > > > restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening.

> > > > > > > Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for

> > > > > > > couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the

> > > > > > > desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days and

> > > > > > > i don't know what to do. explorer.exe was missing from the list of processes

> > > > > > > in the taskmanager so i added it and then everything came back. but then

> > > > > > > like 10 secs later it disappeared again. I can use most of my programs

> > > > > > > through the task manager. I did a Hijack This, as i have seen a lot of

> > > > > > > people with this problem do. Here is the log:

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

> > > > > > > Scan saved at 3:25:52 PM, on 12/22/2007

> > > > > > > Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

> > > > > > > MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

> > > > > > > Boot mode: Normal

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Running processes:

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

> > > > > > > Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

> > > > > > > c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe

> > > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe

> > > > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system\winmgr.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon .exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\imapi.exe

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > > > http://www.comcast.net/toolbar2.0/search/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > > > http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/yessentials_cq/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > > R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > > > http://www.myspace.com/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

> > > > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

> > > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

> > > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html

> > > > > > > R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

> > > > > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/msgr8/*http://www.yahoo.com

> > > > > > > R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =

> > > > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows

> > > > > > > Internet Explorer provided by Comcast

> > > > > > > R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> > > > > > > Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

> > > > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {FC0F30CD-E949-4148-884E-DC0F3D32EA46} - (no

> > > > > > > file)

> > > > > > > R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - (no

> > > > > > > file)

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} -

> > > > > > > c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: GoodSearch Toolbar - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-95BA-ED6DB186BE32} -

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\GOODSE~1\GOODSE~1.DLL

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

> > > > > > > O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sM1BG] C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\MCUPDA~1.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe"

> > > > > > > /checktask

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon03] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon03.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software

> > > > > > > Update\HPWuSchd2.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > > > Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"

> > > > > > > -atboottime

> > > > > > > O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

> > > > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

> > > > > > > O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common

> > > > > > > Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = ?

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Kodak EasyShare software.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: KODAK Software Updater.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\Kodak Software Updater.exe

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft

> > > > > > > Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

> > > > > > > O4 - Global Startup: Quicken Scheduled Updates.lnk = C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Quicken\bagent.exe

> > > > > > > O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

> > > > > > > http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNxdm006YYUS

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console -

> > > > > > > {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program

> > > > > > > Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897}

> > > > > > > - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} -

> > > > > > > C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration -

> > > > > > > {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7-A9046DEA8A21} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyside.dll

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

> > > > > > > C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

> > > > > > > {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

> > > > > > > Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > > > O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

> > > > > > > {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

> > > > > > > O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet

> > > > > > > Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) -

> > > > > > > http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20061205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {1239CC52-59EF-4DFA-8C61-90FFA846DF7E} (Musicnotes Viewer) -

> > > > > > > http://www.musicnotes.com/download/mnviewer.cab

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} -

> > > > > > > http://wdownload.weatherbug.com/minibug/tricklers/AWS/MiniBugTransporter.cab?

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -

> > > > > > > C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} -

> > > > > > > http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab

> > > > > > > O16 - DPF: {3DC2E31C-371A-4BD3-9A27-CDF57CE604CF} (MSN Money Charting) -

  • 1 month later...
Guest b-radp-fife09
Posted

Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Hi I'm your average person with an above average problem. See a couple days

ago I got on my desktop and found that it is missing the Updater.exe file for

windows. This means that it can no longer receive updates from microsoft,

which is extremely vital. I looked around for it in Microsoft, but,

unfortunately, they have no where to download the file or anyway to restore

it. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

~Brad

Posted

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Perhaps you may read this first.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Updater.exe&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

 

 

b-radp-fife09 wrote:

> Hi I'm your average person with an above average problem. See a couple days

> ago I got on my desktop and found that it is missing the Updater.exe file for

> windows. This means that it can no longer receive updates from microsoft,

> which is extremely vital. I looked around for it in Microsoft, but,

> unfortunately, they have no where to download the file or anyway to restore

> it. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

> ~Brad

Guest Carey Frisch  [MVP]
Posted

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Automatic Updates and WindowsUpdate Reset tool

http://www.codeplex.com/aureset

 

 

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Microsoft MVP

Windows Desktop Experience

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------

 

"b-radp-fife09" <b-radp-fife09@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:73B2A17F-82BD-46BD-AA40-81353D697CF9@microsoft.com...

Hi I'm your average person with an above average problem. See a couple days

ago I got on my desktop and found that it is missing the Updater.exe file for

windows. This means that it can no longer receive updates from microsoft,

which is extremely vital. I looked around for it in Microsoft, but,

unfortunately, they have no where to download the file or anyway to restore

it. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

~Brad

Guest stoner1961
Posted

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

will this give me back my display controls for changing my screensavers.

right now i have a rectanglar box telling me i have a virus.

 

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Automatic Updates and WindowsUpdate Reset tool

> http://www.codeplex.com/aureset

>

>

> --

> Carey Frisch

> Microsoft MVP

> Windows Desktop Experience

>

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> "b-radp-fife09" <b-radp-fife09@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:73B2A17F-82BD-46BD-AA40-81353D697CF9@microsoft.com...

> Hi I'm your average person with an above average problem. See a couple days

> ago I got on my desktop and found that it is missing the Updater.exe file for

> windows. This means that it can no longer receive updates from microsoft,

> which is extremely vital. I looked around for it in Microsoft, but,

> unfortunately, they have no where to download the file or anyway to restore

> it. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

> ~Brad

>

>

Posted

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

Re: Windows XP Updater.exe NOT FOUND

 

stoner1961 wrote:

> will this give me back my display controls for changing my screensavers.

> right now i have a rectanglar box telling me i have a virus.

 

No. Assuming that you are not the Original Poster (and next time please make

a new post including all your pertinent information instead of sticking

your issue into someone else's thread - this is not said to hurt your

feelings but rather to help us help you), you are infected with malware

which you need to clean up.

 

Your system is infected with a rogue antivirus program. It is called "rogue"

because it pretends to be A Good Guy but is really Evil. Do not pay them!

 

Because you didn't give me the name of the program that is trying to get you

to buy it, I can't point you to specific removal steps. Look for them here:

 

Bleeping Computer removal how-to's -

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html

Malwarebytes malware removal guides - http://tinyurl.com/5xrpft

 

If you are infected with XP Antivirus or Antivirus 209/10, here are removal

steps:

 

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/uninstall-antivirus-2009

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic154529.html (earlier versions)

 

Removal instructions for Antivirus 2010:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=6703

 

Removal instructions for Antivirus 2009:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5178

 

These may work for you and all may be well. However, in many cases the

computer will also be infected with Zlob and/or Vundo trojans and protected

by a rootkit. These machines are extremely difficult to clean.

 

If your machine is one of these cases, either get guided help at one of the

specialty forums below OR back up your data and do a clean install of

Windows. It is your choice. If you are unsure how to back up your data or

how to do a clean install, you can take your machine to a local computer

professional. I don't recommend using BigComputerStore/GeekSquad types of

places.

 

PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS.

 

http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip

http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and

the stickies *first*.

http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9

http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7

http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170

http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5

http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/

http://forums.tomcoyote.org/

http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0

http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7

 

Malke

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