airman Posted December 25, 2005 Posted December 25, 2005 ....and i just can't fix it. i start my computer to find: a picture WOULD be here but OCC is only giving me 42k of space. basically it's a big blue background that said "SPYWARE INFECTION RAWRR" and it wouldn't allow me to change the background, but it ended up being a html file in my windows directory, and it went away. however a problem still lingers: i can't change my background. the "desktop" window under desktop properties is unmodifiable (if that's a word, *shrug*)...but yea it bugs me. it's not greyed out, just i can't select anything, that sort of nature. maybe some help? please? =/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted December 25, 2005 Posted December 25, 2005 Try running a repair of windows. Also post a hijackthis log. This is my OPINION I am IN NO WAY speaking as in expert. So KB, Bigred. Don't go there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendellrt Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 During the last year I have run into it twice in customers PC's. The only answer I had to it was to reformat and start fresh. I'm sure there is a fix for it, maybesome registry entries, but I didn't want to spend hour after hour finding everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hndgns4hrts Posted December 28, 2005 Posted December 28, 2005 I just had this same problem on my family computer. Go into c:\ or c:\WINDOWS look for a file called index.html [look] and then delete it if it is the offending file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted December 28, 2005 Posted December 28, 2005 I just had this same problem on my family computer. Go into c:\ or c:\WINDOWS look for a file called index.html [look] and then delete it if it is the offending file. 606582[/snapback] yea i got rid of that one but it still won't allow me to change my background but oh well it'll be okay for now it's only got to last for another week or so because i'm RMAing my motherboard heh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hndgns4hrts Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 yea i got rid of that one but it still won't allow me to change my backgroundbut oh well it'll be okay for now it's only got to last for another week or so because i'm RMAing my motherboard heh 606585[/snapback] My family has this thing for getting virus/spy/adware so i wake up to this problem on the famiy computer. So did any one ever figure out how to get rid of this w/ out reinstalling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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