I noticed today that my spyware program (Counterspy) detected activity it didn't like. It prompted me to either allow the changes or block. I chose to block and then it repeatedly asked this same question for changes that were trying to be made to multiple locations on my system. I blocked them all, and unfortunatly, Counterspy doesn't provide a detailed enough description of the activity to know what was attempting to make the changes.
Later this afternoon I come back to the computer and attempt to logon to my desktop and it opens only my wallpaper and explorer. Explorer was opened to the desktop. I can access all of the icons from within explorer, but cannot seem to revive the desktop itself. Right clicking on the wallpaper doesn't do anything any longer. Also, when I go to Control Panel, and attempt to click on the "Taskbar and Start Menu" icon, it does nothing.
I've been struggling for the past 2 hours trying to remedy the problem, but without luck. Has anyone experienced similar problems? Have I been victim to a virus? Norton doesn't identify any threats when I scan the system.
Thanks for any input you can provide
Later this afternoon I come back to the computer and attempt to logon to my desktop and it opens only my wallpaper and explorer. Explorer was opened to the desktop. I can access all of the icons from within explorer, but cannot seem to revive the desktop itself. Right clicking on the wallpaper doesn't do anything any longer. Also, when I go to Control Panel, and attempt to click on the "Taskbar and Start Menu" icon, it does nothing.
I've been struggling for the past 2 hours trying to remedy the problem, but without luck. Has anyone experienced similar problems? Have I been victim to a virus? Norton doesn't identify any threats when I scan the system.
Thanks for any input you can provide
