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How can I restore my active desktop?

How can i restore my desktop settings?

  • A box appeared on my computer screen asking for permission for me to open it.So..i kept clicking "do not allow". Shortly..after that..another box popped up and i think it SMART DD..something..and it started scanning the computer. And now..my background and all of my icons are not on my desktop..what can i do to restore the settings?

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    Hi, you will need to be more specific. from first impressions it sounds to me like you have malware. I would personally use something like malwarebytes to can your system. I would recomend a guide such as thish though, might help: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407 chances are the malware has set your desktop icons to hidden, it might even have done your entire user foler, are icons also missing from your startmenu?

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Hi, you will need to be more specific. from first impressions it sounds to me like you have malware. I would personally use something like malwarebytes to can your system. I would recomend a guide such as thish though, might help: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407 chances are the malware has set your desktop icons to hidden, it might even have done your entire user foler, are icons also missing from your startmenu?

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