Puzzelment

rhohmann · May 21, 2010

After uninstalling a program and rebooting my computer, most of the icons on my desktop came up with a black box in the lower left corner (about 1/4 of the icon). Shortly afterwards, the black box turned to the head of an old man. I've tried system restore as well as several "repair" programs, but cannot get my icons back to their original form. Would appreciate any help you can give.

richc46 · May 21, 2010

The first thing that I would do is run a through anti virus scan and download and run malwarebytes.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Lets make sure that the problem is not bigger than just an unsightly desktop.

If that comes back as negative use sytem restore from BEFORE you unintalled the program; in effect installing it again. That should fix the problem. We can then discuss uninstalling, again.

rhohmann · May 21, 2010

Thanks, Rich....I tried the program that you suggested, it found quite a few "errors", and after it cleaned them up, the icons went back to normal. You've been a BIG help. I knew that I had come to the right forum.

rhohmann

richc46 · May 21, 2010

Take care, my friend, and do not hesitate to come back, often, with questions or to share your expertise.

Before you leave, however, let me give some further advice. Run a malwarebytes scan once a week, to avoid further infestations of the nasties.

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rhohmann

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richc46

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