I'm having a bizarre pc problem....

[tokin]

I have restarted my pc a few times and when i get to the main desktop, all of my icons in the taskbar by the "start menu" aren't there. When i try to go to system information, add or remove programs, stuff like that in the control panel....it wont come up. Ctrl-Alt-Delete shows like 20 "winupdate.exe" in the menu. I've scanned for virsuses and deleted them but Sophos finds them all the time and now after like a month it just starts acting weird, actually as of 10 minutes ago. Can someone please give me some input on what to do, thanks.

 

[Maxi]

Windows repair.

 

[Shuzer]

Start > run > msconfig > Startup (tab)

Uncheck all the programs you don't recognize and restart.. Definitely sounds like you have some crazy self-replicating virus

 

[blahblahblah]

Sounds like one of those viruses messed up windows. I would reformat and reinstall windows to get rid of any viruses still on your computer.

 

[Maxi]

or restart into safe mode and then do the AV scan, then windows repair.

 

[tokin]

Well i got my taskbar back, just nothing in control panel opens, ive tried add or remove programs, system info, and a few others.....i dunno wtf is going on.

 

[Javert]

Is this the same problem? If so, you should merge or delete one of these threads. It seems like this was your problem before you found out you edited your registry.