Power surge/cannot change white background.

A couple of weeks ago we had a huge storm, the power surged a few times and the next morning I had Spyware all over the place. I got rid of the spyware, but now all I have is a white background and I cannot change it!

 

Hi etastet.

Electrical storms never cause malware infections. The timing of the infection is a coincidence.

Do you have SP2 installed ?
Do you have Automatic updates turned on ?

Do you have a good anti-virus installed ?

Do you have a firewall replacement installed for the deficient XP firewall ?

Do you have Startup Monitor installed ?

Do you have a Startup program editor installed ?
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You need to do serious malware removal immediately. Other posters can point you in the right direction.
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When all the malware has been removed here's what you can do that will go a long way towards preventing future infections:

Essential XP Virus & Malware Protection - High Quality Freeware !
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