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Is it a Virus?
Hi, everybody: I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate.
I have had a catastrophic collapse of my PC which would indicate a virus, or malware of some sort. However, the only item found in a virus scan (Microsoft Security Essentials) was Win32/Fakesysdef and this was listed by McAfee as low risk.
First, my desktop is black and except for a solid colour, cannot be changed. Desktop gadgets, clock, weather etc, are visible but no shortcuts.
All my folders in Windows Explorer have disappeared but are somehow still there. For example, if I use my keyboard shortcut to access the likes of Word and Excel and then use the "Recent" dropdown list, the file opens up fine.
All my quick launch shortcuts have disappeared. The 'Start' menu shows all the programme folders but they are all "Empty". Links not containd within a folder work okay. All the Internet Explorer "Favourites" are gone, but when I try to add a folder with the same name I used previously, it warns that the folder already exists.
My question is: has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any suggestions to help make my folders visible again - they are there but invisible. I have enable "Show all folders" but this does not help.
When trying a recovery disc, it hangs.