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SpiritWarrior · 09-26-2005, 03:29 PM

So I had this IE hijacker thing going on, a trojan that pretends to be msnmsgs.exe. While reading some steps for removal (unsuccessful ones btw) I made my way to the add/remove programs window in the control panel. It then said to click to Add/remove windows components and scroll down to find 'windows messenger', tick it and remove it.

Well, when I did that and restarted I noticed I was missing things such as shortcuts on my toolbars and the IE shortcut was gone. I could live with that -just remake 'em. Now I notice my 'volume control' (you know, the one with all the master volumes in accessories>entertainment) is gone. I can't seem to find it on the drive at all either...any suggestions of how to reverse this? I distinctly remember only having 'windows messenger' ticked when I told the windows component wizard to remove. Maybe it did something unexpected? Anyways, any help appreciated.

[ 09-26-2005, 11:58 PM: Message edited by: SpiritWarrior ]

09-26-2005, 03:29 PM	#1
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	So I had this IE hijacker thing going on, a trojan that pretends to be msnmsgs.exe. While reading some steps for removal (unsuccessful ones btw) I made my way to the add/remove programs window in the control panel. It then said to click to Add/remove windows components and scroll down to find 'windows messenger', tick it and remove it. Well, when I did that and restarted I noticed I was missing things such as shortcuts on my toolbars and the IE shortcut was gone. I could live with that -just remake 'em. Now I notice my 'volume control' (you know, the one with all the master volumes in accessories>entertainment) is gone. I can't seem to find it on the drive at all either...any suggestions of how to reverse this? I distinctly remember only having 'windows messenger' ticked when I told the windows component wizard to remove. Maybe it did something unexpected? Anyways, any help appreciated. [ 09-26-2005, 11:58 PM: Message edited by: SpiritWarrior ] __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...