re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 6:18 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Garry Stockton (7 messages posted) Nope; I have Ad-Aware; Spybot R&D; and Browser Hijack Blaster; AA and Spybot are updated to the latest versions/definitions. I have a current and updated version of CA EzTrust antivirus; I use ZoneAlarm firewall and I use Firefox 1.0 as my primary browser; I also have Mozilla, Netscape, and Opera, as well as Explorer, of course; all of my software is updated regularly and currently up to date. Actually, that was my first suspicion; but I've scanned and checked-no virus, no trojan, no worm, no hijacker. And I've read through the 'Me Fixes' page; plus, I've owned my own copy of Windows Me Annoyances since it's been in print-which is why I've had no previous problems, and why I'm somewhat bemused over this problem. I don't rule out a piece of malware that I've been unable to detect; but it's not looking like the source of the problem.Sorry I didn't make this clear in my original post. Thanks for the suggestion, though. Any other ideas? On Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 4:38 am, Jack Gulley wrote: > It sounds like you have a Browse Hijacker that has infected IE and taken over >your system. Most likely you now have a host of ADware, Spyware, Virus and Trojans >on your machine also. It sounds like a verson of the CoolWebSearch browser hijacker. > Start by doing a manual scan of your Anti-Virus program if you can get it updated. > Read through >border="0">page to get an idea of what you will have to do to get rid of most >of the problems. Written in response to: re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Jack Gulley: Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 4:38 am) Responses to this message: re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Jack Gulley: Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 11:11 am) All messages in this thread [show all] No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Garry Stockton: Sat, Jan 8, 2005, 5:31 pm) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Jack Gulley: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 4:38 am) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Garry Stockton: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 6:18 am) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Jack Gulley: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 11:11 am) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Garry Stockton: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 11:38 am) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Brad P: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 1:31 pm) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Jack Gulley: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 5:48 pm) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (Joan: Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 6:14 pm) re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel (brian: Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 8:29 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum