Lewis,
I just had a go around with this danged thing too.

Go here for repair instructions:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=75890

Jerome

>>>
>>>  After being hit with a bunch of spywares and a virus - which
>>>  fortunately
>>>  I removed using Spybot, AVG and Trend Micro (might as well give them a
>>>  thanks) I have been left with two problems involving my Desktop.
>>>
>>>  My desktop has lost its wallpaper. I now have a deep blue screen with a
>>>  basically unreadable (very tiny font)  "Security Warning"
>>>  imbedded in the
>>>  middle saying  "A fatal error in IE has occurred at
>>>  0028:C0011E36 IN UXD
>>>  VMM(01)+00010E35. This error was caused by
>>>  Trojan-Spy.HTML.Smitfraud.c".
>>>  A larger Security Warning pops up larger during bootup.
>>>
>>>  I have found no such virus.
>>>
>>>  I opened my "Display Properties" window to reset the
>>>  wallpaper, but that
>>>  tab is no longer there. I now only have two tabs, "Settings" and
>>>  "Screensaver". I have lost the other three tabs.
>>>
>>>  Anyone have any idea how I can get all my regular XP Display Properties
>>>  window tabs back?
>>>
>>>  I am running XP with SP-2.
>>>
>>>  Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>  Lew

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