I have got a problem similar to the one previously described. I managed to
get ride of the "spyware infection found" wallpaper, but now I cannot bring
up the wallpaper I previously had loaded. When I go to the desktop background
tab, the wallpaper selection screen is now grayed out, although it shows the
same six choice described in a previous message by another user. Is there any
way I can fix this short of editing the registry? I am not very comfortable
doing that.

"Don" wrote:

> Hey Barnsbury,
>
> This sounds similar to one that a customer of mine had. The wallpaper in
> this case asked the user to click here to remove the found infection.
>
> Since I was unable to gain access to the real desktop settings that
> Nepatsfan refers to, I place the mouse pointer over an unused area on the
> desktop then right moise clicked to get the file name of the so-called
> wallpaper. I say so-called because it was not a wallpaper. Once I located the
> file name and deleted the file presenting the fake wallpaper, I was then able
> to get to the desktop properties.
>
> Just another thought.
>
> "Barnsbury" wrote:
>
> > I've got this weird "wallpaper" that says "Danger Spyware" in a really
> > irritating bright red box. There's no virus but I can't remove it. I have
> > tried going into Desktop Settings and changing the background but it seems to
> > be blocked. The relevant window is shaded out. Any suggestions?