This just started happening last night, I've windows XP. Every 10 seconds or so, the blue line across the bottom(where the start menu is) disappears, as does all the shortcuts on the screen. It disappears for about 2 seconds and comes back again. I've tried restoring the system to a previous time but that didn't work.
Any help appreciated.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
does it come back when you roll the mouse down to the bottom of the screen? You might have auto-hide enabled?
Right click on the tool bar, click properties. Under "Task-Bar Apperance", see if the "Auto-hide the task bar" is ticked. If it is, clear it.
No it justs goes itself every 10 seconds or so and then comes back again.Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
You have a virus thats infecting Explorer.
Windows is trying to fix it by restarting Explorer (the disappearing part).
Step 1: Spybot or a decent anti virus run both of them on full scans should fix it.
Step 2: Stop going onto porn sites
kdjac
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I've scanned for viruses with McAfee and nothing showed. Don't think it's a problem with IE as that's working fine, it's just the start menu and shortcuts that disappear.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
McAfee is crap, seriously. So is Norton.
Remove it and install Anti-Virus Guard from http://free.grisoft.com
Then download and run SpyBot from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
It will take a while, but these are the best free tools available
Explorer isnt IE, its the shell you see when you click start my computer.
kdjac
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I did a scan with avg and it found two infections in the C drive and it says they've been moved to the virus vault. Does that mean they're gone from my computer? Because the problem is still happening, if anything it's got worse because sometimes, the thing disappears altogether and doesn't come back unless I re-start. At the moment I'm opening stuff using task manager.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
I've emptied the vault now. Scanned with spybot yeah and it found stuff and I deleted them too but it's still happening...think I'm gonna need a professional in
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
try SuperAntiSpyware
They maybe a Trojan called 'Vundo', that is causing the problem.
This should work......
Dowload Smithfraudfix and clear the register!!
http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php
This gets rid of the really good viruses that spybot and Mcafee won't get rid off.
Last edited by gilberto_eire; 26/08/2008 at 12:01 AM.
There's the right way, the wrong way.... and the Max Power way!! :-D
[QUOTE=TheBoss;1006798They maybe a Trojan called 'Vundo', that is causing the problem.[/QUOTE]Just 4 minutes into the scan and it's already found 13 threats of that 'Vundo' thing. Hopefully it's that and this will clear it. Otherwise, I'll try your idea gilberto.
btw, is it best to have only 1 spyware detector on your system? I've been advised to have only one anti-virus as if you've more than one they kinda affect each other but don't know if that applies to spyware programmes?
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Seems to be fixed. Delighted, I owe you a pint
Thanks to everyone else too!
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
No probs
Seems to be fixed. Delighted, I owe you a pint
Thanks to everyone else too!
internet rumour superantispyware created that virus to get you to buy it. try removing superantispyware and see if it comes back
http://www.google.ie/search?q=supera...ient=firefox-a
ironic thats the only software that removes that particular virus?
What else is that software doing?
kdjac
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I didn't pay for it though so unless it starts doing me harm now it can stay there. Plus how did it start in the first place? I had no superantispyware on computer so I obvously picked it up from somewhere else, not off their program.internet rumour superantispyware created that virus to get you to buy it. try removing superantispyware and see if it comes back
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
still think kdjac had a valid point thoughStep 2: Stop going onto porn sites
kdjac
Usually that virus comes from software that was "obtained", software developers stick things on torrent sites with viruses inside them.
kdjac
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