Vista - Taskbar/desktop icons appear & disappear

06-03-2008

I believe I may have a virus on my computer that is interfering with normal
functions. My taskbar and desktop icons appear and disappear. A system
restore did not work and I removed any suspicious items Webroot Spysweep, but
I still can only run things by bringing up the Task Manager. Does anyone know
what else I can do to try to fix the problem? Or even know what the problem
is? Occasionally when I run the Desktop from the Task Manager, it gives me an
error about not being able to find a certain file...I can't get it to come up
now, but it was something about idlist. Thanks for any help.

06-04-2008

Answered in vista.general
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

"Jordan" wrote:

Quote:

> I believe I may have a virus on my computer that is interfering with normal
> functions. My taskbar and desktop icons appear and disappear. A system
> restore did not work and I removed any suspicious items Webroot Spysweep, but
> I still can only run things by bringing up the Task Manager. Does anyone know
> what else I can do to try to fix the problem? Or even know what the problem
> is? Occasionally when I run the Desktop from the Task Manager, it gives me an
> error about not being able to find a certain file...I can't get it to come up
> now, but it was something about idlist. Thanks for any help.

06-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
Jordan n/a posts	Taskbar/desktop icons appear & disappear I believe I may have a virus on my computer that is interfering with normal functions. My taskbar and desktop icons appear and disappear. A system restore did not work and I removed any suspicious items Webroot Spysweep, but I still can only run things by bringing up the Task Manager. Does anyone know what else I can do to try to fix the problem? Or even know what the problem is? Occasionally when I run the Desktop from the Task Manager, it gives me an error about not being able to find a certain file...I can't get it to come up now, but it was something about idlist. Thanks for any help.
My System Specs

06-04-2008	#2 (permalink)
Mick Murphy n/a posts	RE: Taskbar/desktop icons appear & disappear Answered in vista.general Cross post; DON'T multi-post! -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "Jordan" wrote: Quote: > I believe I may have a virus on my computer that is interfering with normal > functions. My taskbar and desktop icons appear and disappear. A system > restore did not work and I removed any suspicious items Webroot Spysweep, but > I still can only run things by bringing up the Task Manager. Does anyone know > what else I can do to try to fix the problem? Or even know what the problem > is? Occasionally when I run the Desktop from the Task Manager, it gives me an > error about not being able to find a certain file...I can't get it to come up > now, but it was something about idlist. Thanks for any help.
My System Specs

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