Wordsworth
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I just got a virus this week, after having not had one since the mid 90s and that one coming off a floppy from work. The virus this week is called Live Security Platinum. I was looking for some weight lifting advice and clicked on a link in Bing search which then took me to a site that did not look suspicious. As I started to read, Malwarebytes came up with a message that an attack had been attempted and I then clicked on the Quarantine button, and left the site quickly. Still, the damn thing infected this box.
Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes, MRT, and Microsoft Safety Scanner all say the computer is clean now and I've checked the Registry for remnants but it looks like Malwarebytes cleaned it thoroughly. Still there's one behavior that wasn't there before and that is the desktop icons always go to the default size rather than the small I choose. Microsoft speaks of the icons not arranging themselves properly after bing in Safe Mode and I've found some mention by others who have the size problem without mention of a virus infection. I've tried alot of things to solve the problem including rebuilding the ShellIconCache and using a Restore point, but no luck.
I'm left wondering if a remnant of the virus is still present or if this problem isn't just a hard to solve quirk from going into Safe Mode. I don't recall however having the problem before after going into Safe Mode.
Thoughts?
Edit: I should mention that my Admin account and any new account I make does not have the icon size problem.
Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes, MRT, and Microsoft Safety Scanner all say the computer is clean now and I've checked the Registry for remnants but it looks like Malwarebytes cleaned it thoroughly. Still there's one behavior that wasn't there before and that is the desktop icons always go to the default size rather than the small I choose. Microsoft speaks of the icons not arranging themselves properly after bing in Safe Mode and I've found some mention by others who have the size problem without mention of a virus infection. I've tried alot of things to solve the problem including rebuilding the ShellIconCache and using a Restore point, but no luck.
I'm left wondering if a remnant of the virus is still present or if this problem isn't just a hard to solve quirk from going into Safe Mode. I don't recall however having the problem before after going into Safe Mode.
Thoughts?
Edit: I should mention that my Admin account and any new account I make does not have the icon size problem.
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My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Wordsworth 5000
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
- CPU
- Core i7 6700K Skylake 4.0GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus Z170 Pro
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 32GB 3000MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus Radeon RX480 Strix 8GB
- Sound Card
- Asus Xonar DSX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP 2709m
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Intel 600p M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 512GB; Intel 335 SSD 240GB ;Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
- PSU
- Thermaltake Toughpower Grand Platinum 850W
- Case
- Lian Li PC-B70
- Cooling
- CPU-Noctua NH D15, GPU-Stock, Case-Noctua 2x140, 2x120
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Natural Ergo 4000
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Optical 1000
- Internet Speed
- Cable
- Other Info
- HP bd 340,
HP bd 240,
Klipsch Promedia 5.1 THX