C:\WINDOWS\privacy_danger\index.htm

[Silent~Kid]

I recently got a message about file://C:\WINDOWS\privacy_danger\index.htm was not found when I was going to watch some online videos. After that I again got some message to download a program to delete this virus that I did. All of a sudden the background turned into red. Now I cannot right click on my desktop to change anything. Some wierd privacy_danger message also kept appearing continously. What is wrong here. Please help.

[Big Fish]

Click here to download HJTInstall.exe

1. Save HJTInstall.exe to your desktop.
2. Doubleclick on the HJTInstall.exe icon on your desktop.
3. By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis .
4. Click on Install.
5. It will create a HijackThis icon on the desktop.
6. Once installed, it will launch Hijackthis.
7. Click on the Do a system scan and save a logfile button. It will scan and the log should open in notepad.
8. Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log.
9. Come back here to this thread and Paste the log in your next reply.
10. DO NOT have Hijackthis fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.

[Mr. Boo Bear]

You might want to try these:

Delete every registry entry that has the keyword: privacy_danger. Just be sure you know that the entry that you are going to delete is belong to the BAD guy, and not belongs to another GOOD guy.

To do this go to START MENU> RUN > [and type: REGEDIT and press ENTER]
After you on the REGEDIT, press F3 (Find) to search entries with privacy_danger keywords.

About the screen, I go to Control Panel > Display > Click "Display Properties" Tab > Click Customize Desktop (on bottom left) > go to "Web" tab.

The default option on the WEB tab is "My Current Home Page", if there's another option that you know you didn't put it, it might be the job of that devil on the red screen that annoys you. Check the option beside "My Current Home Page" and click delete on the right side. Try to refresh your desktop screen after that.

Hope it helps.

[Zachary]

Also Clear restore points – here’s how

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...s/mcgill1.mspx

This clears infected restore points and sets a new, clean one.