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Help! My computer is going mental.


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nGen

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Hi guys, I've never posted here before but recently my PC has been playing up drastically with all sorts of problems so I thought I'd try one of these websites for some assistance and just so happened to be directed your way.

Now, the problem started a couple of months ago, basically, the first symptom I noticed was that I was unable to load certain applications on my desktop, i.e. I double click CCleaner and it doesnt open (there are a lot of other programs that wont open too) and I cant get to them through explorer either.

Don't judge me, but I don't use an Anti-virus, not really sure why, I suppose its because I play games and dont like the extra load on my machine, now I realise that probably isnt such a wise choice. Anyway, I tried installing Norton and McAffee (Yes I removed one before installing the other) and they didnt find much, or the things they found were only small. I then ran MBAM and again, didnt find too much going on.

Last night when I came accross this website I tried following the Spyware and Malware removal guide, I got as far as running MBAM again, it found a few threats, and when it came to the reboot, now, whenever I load the computer, I dont have a desktop, I cant get to explorer, I have to do everything through task manager. I would have continued with the guide but obviously now I'm more concerned about just getting my computer back to how it was :)

I'm relatively computer literate but if anybody can help, maybe use a little "dummy safe" instructions just to be sure.

Thanks in advance,
Dan

*edit* The message I'm getting when I load up is UxTheme.dll is missing.

Edited by nGen, 08 July 2010 - 04:08 AM.

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