[quote name=\'JLMonty\' date=\'Mar 30 2005, 04:09 PM\']Without repeating many of the expletives mentioned before, and the desired actions to be taken against the perpetrators of this abomination, I'll only say I completely agree.
I'm trying to get this off of my pastors computer, which is terribly inappropriate to be popping up on his machine!
So far, I have successfully removed the wallpaper, now I'm left with a basic blue background. I no longer seem to be seeing recurring files popping up, and all the stated reg entries seem to be gone, AV scans, spybot and spysweeper scans show clear.
However, I do not seem to be able to select a new desktop. Trying th change themes simply does not change the desktop, and the entries in the desktop section of display properties seems non functional, cannot select anything except color, which again, dosn't seem to actuall do anything when applied.
What did I miss? Any help is very appreciated.
Thank you for being here!
JL
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I was in your shoes last night. I went into the registry and searched out all instances of: Desktop.html, c:\winnt\desktop, c:\desktop. I replaced all values with what I think were the correct values and it seems to have worked. Prior to diving into the registry, I was running Teatimer from Spybot and used Hijack This to remove files and keys that were still active while performing the repair.
This has got me back to where I was, I think (Notice I say repair and not fix <smile>). Hoping an app that removes this pest hits the net (soon). Only than will I feel comfortable that I have gotten rid of it.
Hope this helps.
