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Old August 2nd 08, 12:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
AnnieD
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My computer got attacked by a virus, and since I fixed the problem I am not
able to access the part of the display to change my background. What should I
do?
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Old August 2nd 08, 12:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Shenan Stanley
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AnnieD wrote:
My computer got attacked by a virus, and since I fixed the problem
I am not able to access the part of the display to change my
background. What should I do?


Sounds like you may not have 'fixed the problem'...

What virus?
How did you 'fix the problem'?

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Old August 2nd 08, 12:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
AnnieD
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I do not know the name of the virus, but I do know that I have gotten rid of
it. There is no viruses found on my computer at all. I may have not really
"fixed" the problem at hand, I am just thankful that I no longer have any
viruses. Now I just need to get my computer back to normal.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

AnnieD wrote:
My computer got attacked by a virus, and since I fixed the problem
I am not able to access the part of the display to change my
background. What should I do?


Sounds like you may not have 'fixed the problem'...

What virus?
How did you 'fix the problem'?

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Old August 2nd 08, 01:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Shenan Stanley
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AnnieD wrote:
I do not know the name of the virus, but I do know that I have
gotten rid of it. There is no viruses found on my computer at all.
I may have not really "fixed" the problem at hand, I am just
thankful that I no longer have any viruses. Now I just need to get
my computer back to normal.


How many antvirus and antispyware applications did you utilize to verify you
do not have any viruses/spyware/adware/trojans/worms?

The reason I ask is that very few infections these days come 'alone' and not
every antivirus/antispyware application (none in fact) catch everything.

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Old August 2nd 08, 01:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Jim[_30_]
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"AnnieD" wrote in message
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I do not know the name of the virus, but I do know that I have gotten rid
of
it. There is no viruses found on my computer at all. I may have not really
"fixed" the problem at hand, I am just thankful that I no longer have any
viruses. Now I just need to get my computer back to normal.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

AnnieD wrote:
My computer got attacked by a virus, and since I fixed the problem
I am not able to access the part of the display to change my
background. What should I do?


Sounds like you may not have 'fixed the problem'...

What virus?
How did you 'fix the problem'?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



Annie:

It is impossible to prove that a computer does not have any viruses. Doing
so amounts to proving a negative which is a logical impossibility. All you
can do is prove that your antivirus cannot find any of the viruses that it
can detect. Thus the question of how many there are that the antivirus
cannot detect remains unanswerable.
Jim


 




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