Missing desktop

Hi, guys. I'm kind of a novice when it comes to this stuff so I beg for your patience.

I got a virus yesterday (at least it took effect yesterday) where IE and Firefox closed suddenly and a series of dialog boxes appeared. I don't remember exactly what they said, but I think it was something about a scan of the drive sector with options for continue, try again and cancel. Probably 30 of the same boxes. Immediately, program files and shortcuts to them disappeared from my desktop. I restarted the computer and then everything (files and documents) were also gone. I ran AVG and Malawarebytes scans and it found several harmful files and quarantined/deleted them. I think the computer is OK now, but the desktop files are gone and I don't know where to find them. Several, if not all, of the programs are still in the "program files" folder, but I can't get the regular files and docs I had.

When I check the remaining space on my C drive, it would suggest those files I had on the desktop are still on it and I just can't access them. Is there anything I can do?

Thanks.

 

Welcome to Major Geeks

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http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2827/unhide.gif Now download unhide.exe to your desktop.

• Now run unhide.exe by double-clicking it. (Vista/7 right-click and select Run as Administrator)
• Be patient as the tool runs.
• Did this restore the missing (hidden) shortcuts?
• Attach the unhide.txt file on your desktop. (How to attach)

 

Yes, it worked. Thank you so much.

 

You're welcome. Do you have any other malware related issues?

 

None that I know of. The only thing out of the norm that I've noticed since the incident is my taskbar looks a little different. Hard to describe, but the quick-start bar isn't there and the minimized windows look different. Not like the default Windows 7 settings I had it on. But I assumed I could just reset that stuff in Control Panel.

Do you think there's anything to that, or is there anything else I should look out for?

 

Yes

Doesn't sound like a malware problem to me but you may want to run through this guide just in case: READ & RUN ME FIRST Malware Removal Guide