-- Posted by Ayien at 7:43 am on Dec. 19, 2006 I cannot seem to change my wallpaper. It has locked me out of it. Windows Defender is also claiming some virus is present in my system. I remove it, but it comes back. Assistance? -- Posted by Winstaford at 7:43 am on Dec. 19, 2006 A nice hard reformat solves all problems. -- Posted by Ayien at 7:44 am on Dec. 19, 2006 Quote: from Winstaford at 7:43 am on Dec. 19, 2006 A nice hard reformat solves all problems. Perhaps so. However I don't have the time at the moment for it to complete. -- Posted by spacemac at 7:45 am on Dec. 19, 2006 reformat as a last resort.. otherwise, do a full system check.. antivirus check.. -- Posted by Ayien at 7:46 am on Dec. 19, 2006 Its also infected system restore and turned it off. Ech. -- Posted by The Dalai Lama at 7:46 am on Dec. 19, 2006 AVG Free Edition of Antivirus and Anti-spyware should sort you out. -- Posted by Ayien at 7:48 am on Dec. 19, 2006 Quote: from The Dalai Lama at 7:46 am on Dec. 19, 2006 AVG Free Edition of Antivirus and Anti-spyware should sort you out. Right-o. Thanks mate. -- Posted by AlwaysAr0und at 7:51 am on Dec. 19, 2006 Something might be messing with it in the background.. press ctrl alt delete, Hit all three of them at same time.. Then go to processes, Look where it says cpu if it is in the 70-100% then it means you could have a virus. Look for the program that is running up the cpu, Right click on it and select "End Process tree". After you do that see if it lets you pick a screensaver or whatever it is you were getting. -- Posted by AlwaysAr0und at 7:52 am on Dec. 19, 2006 By wallpaper did you meen screensaver?.. -- Posted by Ayien at 8:13 am on Dec. 19, 2006 No, I meant by it being the actual wallpaper. The image in the background of the desktop. -- Posted by AlwaysAr0und at 9:32 am on Dec. 19, 2006 O then follow my instructions. -- Posted by Ayien at 11:34 am on Dec. 19, 2006 I did and it didn't work. Everything is running the way it should; but I'm still locked out of my wallpaper options. -- Posted by AlwaysAr0und at 2:32 am on Dec. 20, 2006 2. The problem you describe is a symptom of the SpySheriff/Smitfraud group of infections; here's the specific fix for regaining full functionality of your desktop properties: Download the smitfraud.reg file by right-clicking on this link and choosing "Save link as..." or "Save target as..." from the resulting pop-up menu. Save the file to your desktop. - Double-click the smitfraud.reg file you saved, and when it asks if you want to merge with the registry, click YES. - Reboot your computer; your display properties should be returned to normal. -- Posted by AlwaysAr0und at 2:33 am on Dec. 20, 2006 I copyed those instructions off of a site try them out. -- Posted by Ayien at 4:44 pm on Dec. 22, 2006 Worked like a charm. Thanks mate.