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Malware Caused Desktop and Startup Programs to Disappear

Started by mw_joiner , Nov 12 2013 01:27 AM

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mw_joiner

Posted 12 November 2013 - 01:27 AM

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I've scanned the computer with AVG Rescue CD...found numerous trojans and other infections. Also, ran hitman USB cleaner and it did not find any other infections. However, this malware trashed my OS (Windows 7 64bit). Don't have any start program shortcuts or desktop icons. When I try to run unhide or rkill I get an error message stating "There was a problem retrieving a necessary environment variable. Unhide has terminated.