i wil surely perform ur steps ..i m able 2 get to the desktop in 98...
in xp i can see the wallpaper but only tht nothin else....
do u still think it has somthin to do wid hardware
assuming that u are able to open other sites ..this seems to b a secured sites issue...coz the invitation takes u to a secured website...
try to disable any firewall if u hav one....
run these commands go to start run
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 softpub.dll
then try to view these sites
possibly thats sasser...
go to task manager search for a process aveserve.exe or avserve1 or 2, also look for any process which is stating wid a number and ending wid _up.exe lik 1234_up.exe..., or netsky.exe
end task these and also search and delete them.....
disable system restore
go to...
i m able to get to the desktop in safe mode.....
i don hav the xp cd i hav the set up....
tried to expand file chose explorer.exe in the file to restore...
in restore to chose desktop...
in restore fromtried all the cab files but didnt get any file....
i hav also tried system restore didnt...
did wat u said but its still the same..
i hav to start explorer.exe manually everytime to reach desktop......
and when i shut it down the end program window for explorer.exe comes up...
i was infected by this virus a year ago ..i removed it then ...think its only the registry entry that is left
mybar has been thr for quite some time now, guess adaware took care of that, but som files r still there, will surely delte thm.......
Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 11:01:07 AM, on 12/2/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running processes:
D:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe...
i hav windows xp sp2..
whenever i start my computer i reach till the welcome screen....
then it shows the wallpaper and not the desktop ....
i can open task manager ..see all the processes there..
when i start the explorer.exe process manully i get the desktop on my screen..
One more...
delete temp internet files and cookies....in security tab click on default level
try some commands here
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
ipconfig /flushdns
i hav worked in isp tech support so u can b sure tht these wont screw up ur system...
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