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ok i think that my computer has a virus but im not completely sure so bear with me. my computer has been very glitchy lately and sometimes lags alot. so i did a virus scan with trend micro but all it found were cookies. then i tried the free panda scan one but that one didnt detect anything either. so then i used ad-aware 2007 and it also detected nothing. and the glitches ive been experiencing are really strange. when i leave my pc on overnight, some of the icons where my wireless internet connection dissapear. then if i load up my browser (im using windows xp btw) the buttons at the top (file, tool etc) dissapear. and the internet explorer E icon at the top left dissapears also. and when the tabs in the left side of folders extend then get smaller again, theirs a black path behind it. another time when i tried to play the music in my playlist, it said they all were corrupted.and i also experienced a BSOD that said a driver is messed up. i didnt catch the name, but when i googled it, people said it had something to do with trend micro installed incorrectly. and lastly if i reboot the computer all these glitches dissapear. so i think it might be trend micro cause ive been having problems with it but im not sure if its a virus either. so please id appreciate it if someone told me why my computer is doing this and what the solution is. thx

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described intermittent UI drawing glitches (missing icons and menu items, folder redraw artifacts), music files reported as corrupted, and an occasional BSOD that named a driver — with most symptoms disappearing after a reboot. ’s suggestion to run an online scan is a reasonable part of triage, but the symptom pattern points more strongly to a driver/shell-extension problem, file-system corruption, or failing hardware than to a simple user-level infection.

Recommended triage (least invasive first):

  1. Back up personal data immediately to external media or another PC. Copy the music folder before further tests.
  2. Boot to Safe Mode. If the glitches vanish, a third-party driver or shell extension is suspect.
  3. Perform a clean boot (use msconfig to disable non-Microsoft services and startup items) and re-enable groups to isolate the culprit.
  4. Inspect the Event Viewer (system and application logs) and the minidump files in %SystemRoot%\Minidump to capture the driver name reported by the BSOD. That driver name is the most useful clue.
  5. Run filesystem and system-file checks (see commands below). If chkdsk finds bad sectors, treat that as a strong hardware sign.
  6. Run a thorough memory test (bootable memtest) and check hard-drive SMART status. Hardware faults often cause the intermittent, disappearing symptoms described.

Useful commands and quick actions:

sfc /scannow        (may require original install media on older systems)
chkdsk C: /f /r     (schedule on reboot if prompted)
eventvwr.msc

To restart the shell if menus/icons are missing:

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

Notes: low-level security software drivers can cause BSODs; temporarily uninstall any security suite (use the vendor's official removal tool if available) to test. If a named driver keeps appearing in dumps, reinstall or update that vendor’s driver from the hardware maker. If hardware tests fail or filesystem corruption persists, plan for drive replacement and a repair or clean OS install.

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ok i think that my computer has a virus but im not completely sure so bear with me. my computer has been very glitchy lately and sometimes lags alot. so i did a virus scan with trend micro but all it found were cookies. then i tried the free panda scan one but that one didnt detect anything either. so then i used ad-aware 2007 and it also detected nothing. and the glitches ive been experiencing are really strange. when i leave my pc on overnight, some of the icons where my wireless internet connection dissapear. then if i load up my browser (im using windows xp btw) the buttons at the top (file, tool etc) dissapear. and the internet explorer E icon at the top left dissapears also. and when the tabs in the left side of folders extend then get smaller again, theirs a black path behind it. another time when i tried to play the music in my playlist, it said they all were corrupted.and i also experienced a BSOD that said a driver is messed up. i didnt catch the name, but when i googled it, people said it had something to do with trend micro installed incorrectly. and lastly if i reboot the computer all these glitches dissapear. so i think it might be trend micro cause ive been having problems with it but im not sure if its a virus either. so please id appreciate it if someone told me why my computer is doing this and what the solution is. thx

Hi bojadada,

Check This
Do the Online Scanning ..it just shows the virus .it wont delete the virus

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

Regards

westerns

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thx but i did it but it didnt find anything. idk if its my computer or a virus. i think it might be my computer but idk how to fix it. i used some winsockfix.exe thing and that stopped this one thing i forgot to mention where my icons on my desktop dont load right away once i reboot. plz if anyone cud help please do ccuz i really want to fix this

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