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Hello, I think I've acquired a virus(es) in the past few days. Some of the symptoms: - Programs missing in the Start > All Programs. I can still open them if I go into the C: drive and look for them. - Some of the icons on my desktop disappeared.…

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What programs are missing?

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Well, for example, if I go to the All Programs menu I won't find Malwarebytes, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, etc... I have to go to My Computer > Local Disk> Program Files > etc... to find them. Although the icons are back in my desktop.

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See if these commands help, from Start/Run:

regsvr32 /i shell32
regsvr32 /i shdocvw

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Still the same. I will not be able to try anything during the weekend as I will be out of state but I might just go ahead and remove AutoCAD to run DDS when I come back. Thanks for all the help.

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you can try the registry fixes available on (unapproved website removed)and also to make sure the computer is virus free you can again scan it using SUPERANTISPYWARE that is available free on CNET.COM . I believe it will resolve your concern.
Cheers!!

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