I turned on my computer last night and all the shortcuts on my desktop don't work. My email program is gone. My Microsoft essentials is gone. My dvd drive is gone. I'm really freaking out here. I don't know what to do or what caused it. Can someone try to help me please. I forgot to mention that I'm using windows 7 64 bit.
Cathy
Edited by Cathy1 (07/04/1306:12 PM)
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I tried a system restore last night and the only restore point that was there was for yesterday afternoon. Hence it didn't work. The problem was still there.
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ok I fixed my email by choosing repair windows essentials. I guess I'll have to just reinstall some of my programs. It's boggling my mind why it happened in the first place.
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#898919 - 07/04/1307:05 PMRe: My computer is messed up
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I had a nasty virus a few years ago that got rid of most of the icons on my desktop along with creating other miscellaneous havoc. I would definitely run a thorough scan with Malwarebytes, Cathy, just to ascertain that a virus didn't cause these problems.
#898937 - 07/04/1307:39 PMRe: My computer is messed up
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http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/ But I wouldn't trust an antivirus or anti-malware program that's run on an infected computer. Once they've infected a computer, some virus can control what the antivirus is able to detect. That may or may not be the case here. But if MalwareBytes doesn't find anything, that doesn't mean you're not infected.
#898944 - 07/04/1308:04 PMRe: My computer is messed up
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I agree with Jenny. Cathy, can you download Malwarebytes to another computer and transfer it to a flash drive? You can run it in Safe Mode from a flash drive.
Malwarebytes also has something called Malwarebytes Chameleon that you can try.
#898960 - 07/04/1309:18 PMRe: My computer is messed up
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Me too!! I booked marked that link thanks Drac
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