Unhide.exe related question

Every now and then my new Win7 computer boots up with a few desktop icons missing. A guy told me to run unhide.exe. I ran it but it stopped saying a folder (apparently where the files go) was not there. I took that to mean it was some other issue.

Later, after reconstructing most (?) of the icons, I ran it again and it said nothing about a missing folder and MAY HAVE added one icon.

I can't find where anyone tells the name of the virus that is supposed to be hiding these icons. Is that because no one knows or because there are a whole bunch of them that do it?

Oddly, a network HD (its icon was one of those missing) was also invisible. The next time I booted up, the network drive was no longer missing.

This is puzzling to me as they come. Does it make sense to someone else?

 

Frankly I'm wondering why there is a way to retrieve the icons but apparently no way to identify and kill the virus causing the problem.

 

For removing the malware, you'll need to work through the Read And Run Me.
Then post the requested logs, in Malware Removal.

Some info on how "unhide" works.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic405109.html

Cheers..