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re: A windows screen has been modified Monday, October 6, 2008 at 7:46 pm Posted by Ricer46 (20470 messages posted) No telling where the malware hid it, but you haven't gotten rid of the the root cause: the malware that's loading it. On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 7:31 pm, rlamoreaux wrote: >I was infected with something. It modified my desktop and put a big red virus detected >sign on it. It also removed the desktop and screen saver tabs. I have pretty much >cleaned it up except. On boot, I get a screen that has the windows logo on it then >I get this red warning screen then the windows starting screen. finally the user >logon screen. Where is this bad boot screen located? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: A windows screen has been modified Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:18 pm Posted by appleoddity (2279 messages posted) This is pretty typical of malware.. If you have actually removed the malware, this is simply a remnant left over. Download dial-a-fix, and it when you run it, it will immediately tell you about a couple of restrictive policies on your computer. Tell it to remove those policies. Now, go into control panel -> display -> desktop -> "customize desktop" -> "web" tab -> uncheck everything, click ok. Now change your desktop to whatever you want it to be. Verify your screensaver is also set to an appropriate screensaver. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4899.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum