[dsldoc1]

ms desk top cleaner appears to run by its self only after computer is left on for 4 plus hours inactive i have turned off desk top cleaner and verified it is off but still seems to do it randomly,if that is what is causing the following - all non ms icons are removed from desk top all email adresses are gone all ie explorer pages and favorites history ect. gone allpersonal documents are gone - I can find the links to my papers and pictures in my computer properties [then searching all the files] all but pictures when clicked say link is bad and do i want to delete Its like my computer is doing a fresh install of the whole system with out a reboot or such also desk top clean up folder is gone have tried many ways to find it tried system restore there is not a earler restore point but if two weeks laterthen there are some but none earlier thanthis last reinstall

[Saga Lout]

With bad behaviour like that, one can only suspect malware is to blame so I suggest you go to http://www.trendmicro.com and download HijackThis and follow the instructions on installing it and scanning to save a log. Post the log back here and I'll click on Report so the Moderators can move the thread ot the apporpriate Forum where someone will analyse your log and advise how to fix these problems.

[etaf]

once you have posted a log, we will move to HJT forum