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desktop disapears!

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by jplp 2 views

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When i boot up my laptop i get an error box that says:

Desktop
could not load or run C:\users\owner\appdata\local\temp\pmkjj.exe specified in the registry. Make surethe file exists on your computer or remove the referance to it in the registry.

When i close the error box my desktop icons and sidebar disapear completely and i cannot get them back. I then have to reboot again. If i leave the error box allone evrything stays where it belongs. What should i do?

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by computercookie

run your virus scanner, it is a trojan.

Do you have one? If not download AVG Free. Also get spyware removal tools such Ad-Aware SE and Spyboy S&D if you don't already have them and scan your computer.

by shady108

leave box open and download and install a virus killer. i would suggest getting the 30 day trial version of nod32 from www.eset.com

once you got that reboot in safe mode by pressing f8 on startup and runa full virus scan :)

another free one is AVG :)

by jplp

I have spyware doctor, registry mechanic, and Norton antivirus installed on my computer. They are all updated and i ran them all. Removen what they found and rebooted. The same message comes up. If u close it the desktop dissapears. What is going on? Do i need to go to my registry and delete the value or install it? also i get another error box after i close the first one. At the top it says RUN DLL.
Error loading C:\users\owner\appdata\local\temp\geeda.dll
the specified module could not be found.

by firstweb0

try this software and fullscan your computer using "HijackThis" a nd restart your computer after scanning.. contact me if there is problem about virus.

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