That would explain why I couldn't find it!

So, I checked where you said, and it's set to not show hidden files/folders.

Hello. I wasn't sure if there was anything else I was supposed to do with those files that I can't remove from the desktop. I wasn't sure if they were related to any of the viruses or not.

And I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your help. I cannot possibly tell you how much I appreciate everything you did! I was frantic there, and you totally walked me through every step and got my computer back to normal. So thank you very, very much!

Is there somewhere I can leave a good rating for you, or do I mark it as case closed or what can I do?

Thanks again!

My apologies. I totally missed your previous post.
Can you go into the desktop folder and delete those files? If not, post back the full path including the file name.

No worries at all. I know it takes me a while to respond sometimes too.

I tried to delete those mysterious files from the desktop folder, but I still get the error that they cannot be moved. I tried scanning them with a virus program, and they appear to be fine, and the file size is 0K. But it's strange that I cannot get rid of them.

Here are the path names:

C:\Documents and Settings\Charlie Kierscht\Desktop\CAGHQ7GL
C:\Documents and Settings\Charlie Kierscht\Desktop\CATOMXHN

Thanks.

If you right click on those files and select Properties, are you able to hide them by selecting the 'Hidden' box and applying the setting?

No, that doesn't do anything.

I also notice that I cannot get rid of "Wild Tangent." I did some research and found out that it's related to some sort of gaming software. And if I remember right, I got a free game from the McDonald's Monopoly game several years ago, and even though I got rid of the game, the Wild Tangent portion remains. Is it something I should get rid of, or is it no big deal?

If you want, we can try deleting those two files and see how things go afterwards?
Wild Tangent is no biggy, but I usually get rid of it.

What should I do to delete the Wild Tangent? I saw something about Hijack This, but I didn't want to go messing with anything without the go ahead from you. It also sounds like Wild Tangent is in use by other things, so I wasn't sure what effect that would have on anything.

I cannot see wild tangent in the hijackthis log. It must be in your uninstall list.

What about the two desktop files? You want to try something that will maybe delete them?