1- If you have anti-virus and anti-spyware programs already installed on
your computer, update the programs and scan your computer. With luck,
the programs will detect and remove the problem.
2- If the scan doesn't produce results, contact the program's technical
support. Most of the major anti-virus/spyware programs will help you to
remove an infection that their software did not detect.
3- Scan your system with /several/ of the better free online scanners,
such as (no order implied):
4- HijackThis is a hijacker detector and remover, but expanded with a
lot of other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated
to detect and remove new hijacks. More information here:
> Hi,
> I'm new here. My knowledge of computers is limited to basics and operational.
> The problem I'm facing is that when I'm starting my system running on XP
> SP2, after about 10-15 sec of full startup my desktop vanishes and only the
> background image stares at me...nothing is there on the screen incl start
> button etc and right click doesn't work too!
> After 15-20 secs the desktop appears to vanish again in some seconds. This
> repeats for some more time and then the desktop dosn't appear at all!
> I'm operating my system through "Task Manager".
> Otherwise the system is working perfectly.
> My hard disc is worn out and hence want to avoid reinstalling XP.
> Is there any solution that I can get from this elite and special group for XP?
> Thanks in advance