Desktop wallpaper hijacked

Desktop wallpaper hijacked

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Desktop wallpaper hijacked Bill_S 03-07-2006
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on March 7, 2006, 11:08 am
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"Bill_S" wrote:

> Several days ago my desktop wallpaper was changed to a black background with
> a warning that my computer was infected. It occurred when I went to a site
> and all this stuff started to automatically download. My Norton AV kept
> popping up and, I hope, blocking much of it. I also clicked cancel when a
> dialogue box popped up showing the progress of a large download. It also
> installed a little red exclamation point icon in my system tray. I
> instinctively right-clicked it and an "uninstall" option appeared which I
> selected and the icon has been gone ever since.
>
> I have since read many forum/newsgroup posts on the internet stating users
> with similar desktop wallpaper cannot change theirs back. I can. I just go
> into the Control Panel | Display and change my wallpaper to a regular one.
> Does that mean my computer is reasonably ok to use as usual or is there
> anything I still need to worry about?

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