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Broken Taskbar Links, Missing programs and folders. Virus? Help!
I've posted this in a few forums with no success so far, hopefully someone here can help!
I started my computer today and found some big problems....
Once logged in, I noticed that my desktop background had disappeared and was just black. I usually run about 5 desktop gadgets, and they have all disappeared as well and seem to have been deleted from my pc. All my taskbar links no longer work and I get an error saying "Can't open this item: It might have been moved, renamed, or deleted". On top of that, all the programs in the start menu programs folder are gone, and I can't find them in explorer.exe either!
I booted into safe mode and ran MSE Antivirus full scan, nothing found. I also ran full scans with Malwarebytes, Superantispyware, and Spybot Search and Destroy and nothing was found!
I'm not sure what to do now, as I had my PC set up just right and tons of settings which have just vanished!
I do not have any system restore points set up.
I'm tempted to just wipe my SSD which only has my OS and some small apps, and start a fresh install. If I were to do this, would it destroy any virus that I may have picked up? Could my secondary HDD be infected if there is a virus?
I only use this PC for gaming through Steam, and watching Netflix, youtube, light web-browsing. I never visit any "unsafe" sites or do any torrenting! What's going on?
What should I do?!
System Specs:
i5 3570K
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
EVGA GTX 670
8GB 1333 RAM
Crucial m4 128 GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD
Windows 7