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Where's my desktop? - Final light - 03-31-2011
When I turned on my computer yesterday Relevant knowledge crashed three times and then the my documents folder opened. I had no start bar, no icons and no wallpaper. I also got a pop up at random that looked similar to this:
[ sfdsfd______(x) ]
|===========|
|====2======|
|====[Ok]====|
|______________|
I have had to reinstall windows but I would still like to know specifically what happened. The operating system is windows 7 ultimate.
RE: Where's my desktop? - Asther - 03-31-2011
I think it was a virus or some kind of malware :/
RE: Where's my desktop? - Shadowth117 - 03-31-2011
Yeah, it was definitely some kind of malware. To prevent that kind of stuff in the future, you could try getting a good script blocker or something for your web browser to use on sites you don't trust, but make sure you have a decent anti virus as well.
RE: Where's my desktop? - Final light - 03-31-2011
It got passed avast pretty easily. Any recommendations for a script blocker?
RE: Where's my desktop? - DarkWolf - 04-01-2011
If you're using Fire Fox, NoScript will do the trick.