[tinkerbell]

I am not sure which forum this should go in this seemed nearest my apologies if its not. I had my daughters pic on my desktop and it has disappeared itself i tried to put another there by windows photo gallery a few times but nothing is happening. What am i doing wrong and how can i fix this problem.

[evilfantasy]

Have you installed anything lately?

[tinkerbell]

I installed realplayer today but the problem was already there before intallation.

[evilfantasy]

What has the desktop changed to?

[mrdaveyk]

hhhmm ive had this problem on my old pc, i could only set internet picture (button 2 > set as background) as my wallpaper, jpegs etc in my dpcuments wouldnt work, i put it down to a virus but before i fixed it i bought a new PC, try scanning


(sorry for spelling but just got bk from pub and checking emails HAH!)

[tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by evilfantasy What has the desktop changed to?

The desktop is a block of colour I am able to change the to any colour i like but not able to put any pic up either my own pics or ones on pc sceneries etccc
I did a scan few days ago thats how i learnt my anti virus is runnig out soon(see other thread)

[evilfantasy]

You may want to go to the Virus, Spyware and Security Forum and run some of the scans.

It never hurts to rule out malware.

[tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by evilfantasy You may want to go to the Virus, Spyware and Security Forum and run some of the scans. It never hurts to rule out malware.

I had a look at the forum, the thread "malware removal..." i also looked at the control panel which program do i need to remove? The problem with the desktop still exiats. I clicked on acwallpaper from another forum which came ono the desktop, but after turning off laptop and switching on again it is gone. I love the wallpaper i saw i really want to sort this out.

[evilfantasy]

The thing with wallpapers on the internet is they are riddled with spyware and even trojans.
What site did you download it from?

I can't tell what is going on with the computer without seeing what is running.

Download HijackThis to your desktop.
Double-click on the file you just downloaded.
Click on the "Install" button to install.
It will by default install to the directory - C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis
Please do not change the default install location.
Upon install, HijackThis should open for you.

Next click on the "Do a system scan and save a log file" button.
HijackThis will scan and then a log will open in notepad.
In the top left of the notepad window click "File" > "Save As" name it hijackthis and then save it to the Desktop.
Please save the log as a text (.txt) file or .log
Do NOT attach MS-Word .DOC files, they will NOT be looked at!
In your post, add the log as an Attachment.
* Don't have Hijackthis fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.
** Don't use the Analyse This button. It's findings are dangerous if misinterpreted.

Guide for attaching logs to a post

Also attach an uninstall list.

How To Create An Uninstall List

1. Start HijackThis
2. Click on the Misc Tools button
3. Click on the Open Uninstall Manager button.
4. Click on the Save list button and specify where you would like to save this file. When you press Save button a notepad will open with the contents of that file.
5. Save it to your desktop
6. Add the uninstall_list.txt as an attachment in the next post.