Hello,
Came across this site as i'd been frustrated for the past few months with the black-screen "your computer is in danger!" message as my desktop wallpaper. I've downloaded and run hijackthis based on directions in another post on this site, and i've attached the txt file of the log. Here's what ive done so far, and a few details:
- The black screen will show until i exit windows, like if i'm restarting or logging out(i rarely log out - one user). Then for a brief moment when everything else has closed out, my original wallpaper will show up.
- I use two browsers: the latest firefox, and netscape 7.0 (I just favor that version for some reason). When I restart and the "real" wallpaper shows up, the only available option is whatever is chosen from Netscape, when I right click on an image and choose "set as wallpaper". If I go to the desktop display settings for wallpaper choice, everything is grayed out/inaccessible except for the color choice and "customize desktop"
- tried unchecking the boxes in the desktop settings window as described in some other forums. It actually seemed to work for a bit, as the regular wallpaper showed up, but the wallpaper choices in the desktop display tab were still grayed out. And when i changed the background color, the black screen returned.
- in addition:
getting slower response in startup, between the system "stats" screen and the windows user login screen.
also getting random restarts when i close certain programs sometimes, or if i end certain programs that have suspended/"not responding"
- i periodically run avast, adaware, and registryfix to check for viruses
Thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated
while i'm at it, i'm getting some words in my browser that bring up ads or hyperlinks if you scroll over them. Prominent words like computer, viruses, etc.
sorry if i needed to start a new thread for this
Came across this site as i'd been frustrated for the past few months with the black-screen "your computer is in danger!" message as my desktop wallpaper. I've downloaded and run hijackthis based on directions in another post on this site, and i've attached the txt file of the log. Here's what ive done so far, and a few details:
- The black screen will show until i exit windows, like if i'm restarting or logging out(i rarely log out - one user). Then for a brief moment when everything else has closed out, my original wallpaper will show up.
- I use two browsers: the latest firefox, and netscape 7.0 (I just favor that version for some reason). When I restart and the "real" wallpaper shows up, the only available option is whatever is chosen from Netscape, when I right click on an image and choose "set as wallpaper". If I go to the desktop display settings for wallpaper choice, everything is grayed out/inaccessible except for the color choice and "customize desktop"
- tried unchecking the boxes in the desktop settings window as described in some other forums. It actually seemed to work for a bit, as the regular wallpaper showed up, but the wallpaper choices in the desktop display tab were still grayed out. And when i changed the background color, the black screen returned.
- in addition:
getting slower response in startup, between the system "stats" screen and the windows user login screen.
also getting random restarts when i close certain programs sometimes, or if i end certain programs that have suspended/"not responding"
- i periodically run avast, adaware, and registryfix to check for viruses
Thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated
while i'm at it, i'm getting some words in my browser that bring up ads or hyperlinks if you scroll over them. Prominent words like computer, viruses, etc.
sorry if i needed to start a new thread for this