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Windows.ActiveDesktop Drew 02-07-2006
Posted by Drew on February 7, 2006, 5:16 pm
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Hello -

Whenever I run Spybot on my win xp machine, it detects a problem named
"Windows.ActiveDesktop". It says that it has removed this threat, but it is
there the next time I run Spybot.

Is this a really harmful problem? If so, how can I remove it for good?

Thanks

Drew



Posted by David H. Lipman on February 7, 2006, 5:40 pm
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| Hello -
|
| Whenever I run Spybot on my win xp machine, it detects a problem named
| "Windows.ActiveDesktop". It says that it has removed this threat, but it is
| there the next time I run Spybot.
|
| Is this a really harmful problem? If so, how can I remove it for good?
|
| Thanks
|
| Drew
|

Drew:

It could be someting controlling the Active Desktop such as a Trojan.


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go
through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal
Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the
PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you
can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded
the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode
[F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run
in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive
PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Raymond on February 7, 2006, 9:32 pm
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First just try disabling active desktop.
It was an idea whose time has not come!

Control Panel | Display | Web

It's checkbox should be there somewhere.


> Hello -
>
> Whenever I run Spybot on my win xp machine, it detects a problem named
> "Windows.ActiveDesktop". It says that it has removed this threat, but it
is
> there the next time I run Spybot.
>
> Is this a really harmful problem? If so, how can I remove it for good?
>
> Thanks
>
> Drew
>
>



Posted by Drew on February 9, 2006, 7:36 pm
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Raymond -

Thanks for the response. I cant find the checkbox for disabling active
desktop. I can go to Control Panel | Appearance and Themes | Display, but
there is nothing that I can find there about web or Active Desktop.

Drew


> First just try disabling active desktop.
> It was an idea whose time has not come!
>
> Control Panel | Display | Web
>
> It's checkbox should be there somewhere.
>
>
>> Hello -
>>
>> Whenever I run Spybot on my win xp machine, it detects a problem named
>> "Windows.ActiveDesktop". It says that it has removed this threat, but it
> is
>> there the next time I run Spybot.
>>
>> Is this a really harmful problem? If so, how can I remove it for good?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Drew
>>
>>
>
>



Posted by Raymond on February 9, 2006, 9:09 pm
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On XP try: Control Panel | Display Properties | Desktop |
click Customize Desktop | Web

> Raymond -
>
> Thanks for the response. I cant find the checkbox for disabling active
> desktop. I can go to Control Panel | Appearance and Themes | Display, but
> there is nothing that I can find there about web or Active Desktop.
>
> Drew
>
>
> > First just try disabling active desktop.
> > It was an idea whose time has not come!
> >
> > Control Panel | Display | Web
> >
> > It's checkbox should be there somewhere.
> >
> >
> >> Hello -
> >>
> >> Whenever I run Spybot on my win xp machine, it detects a problem named
> >> "Windows.ActiveDesktop". It says that it has removed this threat, but
it
> > is
> >> there the next time I run Spybot.
> >>
> >> Is this a really harmful problem? If so, how can I remove it for good?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Drew
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>




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