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ricey · 24-05-09, 12:22 PM

Hey guys,

having a wee bit of trouble with what seems to be an annoying virus. Basically, I start up my computer and it decides to switch itself from my XP theme to the classic theme automoatically after a few minutes. I have no idea what is causing this, so I can only assume it is some malware of some sort.

Also, when I go to volume control it won't open and says no audio mixer found or something like that. I'm lead to believe t's a virus going nuts on my system because as soon as the computer starts up I can open the volume control, but after a few minutes I'm not able to.

Hoppefully someone can help. It's not doing any serious damage as far as I can see, but it's mighty annoying!

I'm running XP SP3, and have done a scan with AVG Free 8.5 and Spybot with latest updates, and found nothing. Weird.

waqasahmed · 24-05-09, 03:29 PM

To be on the safe side, re-install Windows

24-05-09, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
ricey Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 79 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Odd Virus (Possibly??) Hey guys, having a wee bit of trouble with what seems to be an annoying virus. Basically, I start up my computer and it decides to switch itself from my XP theme to the classic theme automoatically after a few minutes. I have no idea what is causing this, so I can only assume it is some malware of some sort. Also, when I go to volume control it won't open and says no audio mixer found or something like that. I'm lead to believe t's a virus going nuts on my system because as soon as the computer starts up I can open the volume control, but after a few minutes I'm not able to. Hoppefully someone can help. It's not doing any serious damage as far as I can see, but it's mighty annoying! I'm running XP SP3, and have done a scan with AVG Free 8.5 and Spybot with latest updates, and found nothing. Weird.

24-05-09, 03:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,547 Thanks: 2,387 Thanked 938 Times in 693 Posts	Re: Odd Virus (Possibly??) To be on the safe side, re-install Windows

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