Removing a computer virus or spyware can be difficult without the help of malicious software removal tools. Some computer viruses and other unwanted software reinstall themselves after the viruses and spyware are detected and removed. Fortunately, by updating the computer and by using malicious software removal tools, you can help permanently remove unwanted software. For more information about how to remove a computer virus and spyware, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: - Microsoft resources and guidance for removal of malware and viruses.
Note A computer virus may prevent you from accessing the Microsoft Update website to install the latest updates. We recommend that you set the Automatic Updates service to run automatically so that a computer is not missing any important updates. Microsoft offers a free online tool that scans and helps remove potential threats from your computer. To perform the scan, go to the Microsoft Safety Scanner website. Note the name of the rogue security software.
For this example, we'll call it XP Security Agent When you are prompted, use the arrow keys to highlight Safe Mode with Networking , and then press Enter. Click the Start button and check whether the rogue security software appears on the Start menu.
If it's not listed there, click All Programs and scroll to find the rogue security software's name. Right-click the name of the rogue security software program, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, check the path of the rogue security software program that is listed in Target. Note The folder name frequently is a random number. In the Program Files window, click Program Files in the address bar. Scroll until you find the rogue security software program folder.
For example, XP Security Agent Go to the Microsoft Safety Scanner website. If you suspect that your computer is infected with rogue security software that was not detected by using Microsoft security solutions, you can submit samples by using the Microsoft Malware Protection Center submission form.
Microsoft Defender Offline is an anti-malware tool that helps remove difficult to eliminate viruses that start before Windows starts. Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft Defender Offline is built-in. Click Download the 32 bit version or Download the 64 bit version , depending on which operating system that you are running.
If you're unsure of which operating system that you are running, see Is my PC running the bit or bit version of Windows. When you are prompted, press a key to select an option to use to start your computer, such as F12, F5, or F8, depending on the kind of computer that you are using.
Use the arrow key to scroll to the drive where you installed Microsoft Defender Offline file. Microsoft Defender Offline starts and immediately scans for malware.
Confirm that the Windows firewall is turned on. These are disabled automatically when a third-party antivirus or firewall product is installed and kept up to date. If you do disable the Windows Security app service, or configure its associated Group Policy settings to prevent it from starting or running, the Windows Security app might display stale or inaccurate information about any antivirus or firewall products you have installed on the device.
It might also prevent Microsoft Defender Antivirus from enabling itself if you have an old or outdated third-party antivirus, or if you uninstall any third-party antivirus products you might have previously installed. This will significantly lower the protection of your device and could lead to malware infection. See the Windows Security article for more information on other Windows security features that can be monitored in the app.
The Windows Security app is a client interface on Windows 10, version and later. It is not the Microsoft Defender web portal that is used to review and manage Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Open the Windows Security app by clicking the shield icon in the task bar or searching the start menu for Windows Security.
The following sections describe how to perform some of the most common tasks when reviewing or interacting with the threat protection provided by Microsoft Defender Antivirus in the Windows Security app. If these settings are configured and deployed using Group Policy, the settings described in this section will be greyed-out and unavailable for use on individual endpoints.
Still no task bar, start menu, etc. And I lost some functions I had before the repair install. The only thing left is a full Install which will wipe out my existing programs and data. I have them backed up on a gig external drive so that should be preserved. I have not read anybody with a successful fix to this problem yet. Could there be a hardware problem on my HP? I assumed it was a corrupted Win Sys file but the reinstall should have taken care of that.
Last update — at least from me. I did a full reinstall of Win XP Pro from the original CD and that brought back the task bar, start button, clock everything except all programs and Win updates.
The move files back from the backup disk and cull the progams and reinstall those. Big pain but the computer is functional again. Then, uncheck the auto-hide feature. The one thing I have seen take out explorer. I did a system restore to before google desktop was removed and it fixed it on one computer, another computer remained broken.
If it is still possible to access the task manager through Ctrl-Alt-Del while in normal or safe mode, then you can try to run the regedit command, and then check for this entry.
After that, restart. Hope it will help. I seem to have a worse problem here. The problem seemed to occur after I cancelled an installation of google desktop. Greetings from Devon Leo. I have a blue line along the bottom of the screen and no Start button or clock. If I place my mouse pointer on the blue line I get the correct double arrow but I cannot click and drag to expand the line to show these items.
However none of the tasks for open windows show up on the blue bar. If I minimise a window it vanishes — only to be found again by typing Alt Tab. I have tried the Task Manager and restarted exporer. We were having the same problem and removing Google Desktop did the trick. After logging in, press ctrl-alt-del and select Task Manager. Select Google Desktop and click remove. You may see some information pop ups. Keeping clicking ok untill the app is removed.
Restart your computer and your start bar and icons should be back. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Has anyone had this problem before? Thanks a lot. Any ideas? Win XP SP2. Click on the Taskbar option on the top left.. Change any of the settings such as Auto-hide the taskbar.. By changing an option for the Taskbar, you re-enable the taskbar. We have read and tried most of the above information, pressing ctrl-esc, have also done the alt-ctrl-delete and gone into the New Task run and typed explore, also typed in cmd….
I have tried to do a virus scan, I cannot get into explore7 or get into my incredimail email. I can though send and receive email through hotmail and am able to type in WLM where my friend and I have been trying to troubleshoot this problem.
I did momentarily turn of the wireless fios, in logging into other user the task bar and start menu are there but none functional as I was going to try and do a system restore from there…everything that has been tried just seems to fail. Any ideas would be appreciated. The two monitors are connected via one adapter card. Have also tried most of your advice above, but also not working. Tks for any advice. Taskbar Repair Tool. Last week for some reason my task bar, start menu and icons all disappeared, all that was on my screen when I signed on was my desktop wallpaper.
I tried to do a right click and nothing came up, the only way I was able to go online was through the task manager. As you can imagine, it took me a lot longer to get to programs through the task manager. I ran my anti-virus scan and there were no viruses detected. I tried to bring up the explorer. I searched for several days online for ideas and tried everything that was suggested but nothing worked.
I had to update Windows XP all over again. What worked for me was running control. What I found is Lock the taskbar was checked. When I unchecked it, I could see the very edge of the taskbar at the botton of the screen. I could then find and drag the resize arrow to make the taskbar bigger and presto, the full taskbar is back.
We just had the same problem as Jon, our new graphics card was set to 2 monitors. We had to go into the display right click on the desktop, properties and settings. You may have a 1 2 and 3 showing up, this is for each monitor, 1 should look normal, with any other numbers greyed out. If 2 is not greyed out this could be your problem.
Click on 2 and make sure that extend my windows desktop to this monitor is not checked. Press ctl alt delete and task manager comes up 2. Type regedit and press ok 4. Now on the right hand side double click on the default this brings up a box where you can type the words explorer.
Press ok and then exit regedit 9. Restart your computer. Now your back in business! Sometimes the explorer. Then just another file explorer will show up but the taskbar will still be missing. The problem described here is just a crashed explorer. This solution will not help when experiencing permanent desktop problems e.
It is a quick fix to access all running programs especially programs iconified to the tray , saving all the data and then doing a proper reboot.
I have a big problem. When I boot my PC, no taskbar appears. This happens every time I run explorer. I have also used SpyBot Search and Destroy to remove spyware. I want to avoid reinstalling it as it takes a lot of work and I do not have the install CD.
What should I do? Please, help me. It seem that sometimes the file is running, but errors. I noticed that some people mentioned trying it, but they did not make sure the old process was stopped before trying to start it again.
Make sure you oare in safe mode. Otherwise, not all things may be restored. To the person that has lost their printer icon.
Have you tried, start, programs, my compouter, printers and fax, view my printer. When the printer icon appears, drag it to the desktop. But I was able to fix the problem by minimizing an open window and watching the direction it moves in as it minimizes.
I dragged the cursor over to that side and sure enough the task bar reappeared and could be repositioned at the bottom. This has been happening for little over a week. I tried the task manager thing, but nothing happened. We had a virus so we ran anti-virus and when we did it all dissapeared as did the icons. Its bheen a month and this is the only place i found the answer. Then I kept looking through my google hits page and found an article at Windows Annoyances that said I needed to close all visible Explorer windows first.
Type your Microsoft account password and select Next. After the old account is removed, restart your device and sign in with the new account again.
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