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all desktop icons on desktop and start icons missing??

ap1986 · 2012-04-01 13:55:55

logged onto boards last night and clicked on a few links and then i got a java update pop up that looked dodgey.so i clicked the x then sortly after that all desktop icons disappeared as well as all the icons on the start menu.I presume it a malware virus of some sort but any chance of getting them back? p.s im not blaming…

01-04-2012 02:55PM

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ap1986

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logged onto boards last night and clicked on a few links and then i got a java update pop up that looked dodgey.so i clicked the x then sortly after that all desktop icons disappeared as well as all the icons on the start menu.I presume it a malware virus of some sort but any chance of getting them back?
p.s im not blaming boards for this so dont worry mr moderator

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#2 01-04-2012 02:58PM

5uspect

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Which version of Windows?
On Win7 right click on the desktop and click View. See if 'Show desktop icons' is enabled.

Of course you could do a system restore to a few days back.

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#3 01-04-2012 03:05PM

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5uspect wrote: »

Which version of Windows?
On Win7 right click on the desktop and click View. See if 'Show desktop icons' is enabled.

Of course you could do a system restore to a few days back.

im running windows xp.when i right click on desktop to show icons its already ticked.the only icon thats on the desktop is my computer.when i click start on bottom left nothing is there at all.i done a bit of research into it and sites are sayin to run a certain programme (regsvr32 /i shell32.dll) but theres no run oiption or anything in the startup

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#4 01-04-2012 04:43PM

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Use Windows Key + R to bring up the run dialog.

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#5 01-04-2012 11:07PM

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Same thing happened to me. The Trojan is called Rouge/Fake HDD or SMART HDD. My Mcafee anti virus failed to detect it until it was too late. I used malwarebytes and TDSSKiller to remove it. Is it running this Fake SMART HDD program giving several HDD Errors?

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#6 02-04-2012 10:31AM

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056459055

Might hold some answers

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