Issue after virus removal

psionic98 · 04-26-12, 05:41 PM

Looking for an answer other than "reformat/reinstall" on this.

Especially since its my work pc (and I DONT want my I.S. ppl to touch it.. they suck :P)

I had a virus, I dont know what since the genius' in IS decided to boot me out of my pc, run malwarebytes/mcafee (our enterprise solution) and removed it without me seeing what it was. I can't see the log files so im screwed on that too. But my issue is, now that its gone part of my desktop is screwed up. (i do know the virus was a IE one cause it fubar'd my IE)

I have a 23" widescreen and about 3" of the right side of my main screen (dual monitors) now has a "ghosting" or something issue.. like when an app is hanging and if you drag a window across it and it captures the windows image etc.. hard to explain, but I cant figure out what to do.

Refreshing the screen does nothing, but it does refresh that I can tell, just not the 3" area. I'm kind of lost on where to go. I've tried changing backgrounds and it still always stops at that area (stretched/tiled/whatever)

Any ideas?

habbajabba · 04-27-12, 12:39 PM

Try changing monitors or reinstalling the drivers. If that doesn't work you might be sol with embedded gpu.

medo145 · 04-27-12, 12:51 PM

when he says they booted him out, I think he's saying that they removed his admin privileges.

habbajabba · 04-28-12, 09:06 AM

No. What he said is he complained of a virus and the IT dept took control long enough to remove it (but apparently not long enough to make sure it worked correctly afterwards). Employers do not give employees admin rights to begin with. His problem is not if he has admin rights, it's a display issue.

gnusounduave · 04-28-12, 11:46 AM

I would uninstall the video drivers and then try resetting your screen resolution by going down one size and then back up again. It doesn't matter which order you do this in but give it a shot.

psionic98 · 04-29-12, 07:46 AM

Sorry, been away a lil.. yeah I dont have admin rights to the machine to see logs etc and they don't give up info on a whim.. I'll try the drivers i suppose and see how it goes, course the IS will do it.. gag me.. i really dont want to have them reimage my machine, they lose more info than they save :P

medo145 · 04-30-12, 11:46 AM

you could make a backup of your profile, let them image it and then restore items from your profile folder.

merz.38 · 04-30-12, 01:28 PM

Do you have photos, screenshots?

Do you have access to nvidia's control panel?

See if you can swap cards w/ someone around you for like 20 minutes maybe?

Also, IT people suck at like every company lol.

04-26-12, 05:41 PM	Thread Starter #1
psionic98 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: 4th Floor office, East Coast	Issue after virus removal Looking for an answer other than "reformat/reinstall" on this. Especially since its my work pc (and I DONT want my I.S. ppl to touch it.. they suck :P) I had a virus, I dont know what since the genius' in IS decided to boot me out of my pc, run malwarebytes/mcafee (our enterprise solution) and removed it without me seeing what it was. I can't see the log files so im screwed on that too. But my issue is, now that its gone part of my desktop is screwed up. (i do know the virus was a IE one cause it fubar'd my IE) I have a 23" widescreen and about 3" of the right side of my main screen (dual monitors) now has a "ghosting" or something issue.. like when an app is hanging and if you drag a window across it and it captures the windows image etc.. hard to explain, but I cant figure out what to do. Refreshing the screen does nothing, but it does refresh that I can tell, just not the 3" area. I'm kind of lost on where to go. I've tried changing backgrounds and it still always stops at that area (stretched/tiled/whatever) Any ideas? __________________ EVGA x58 Micro (756) / i7 D0 @ 4.0, 1.278v w/HT (Air) 2x 300GB V-rap raid0, WD Caviar Black 640GB & 1TB HIS 6950 @ 840/1450 Mushkin 6GB @ 6-7-6-18 / Enermax 720 Modular HAF 922 / Noctua D14 Win7 Pro x64 / Mint 10 HEAT i7(x58) OC'ing/Info / AMD Oc'ing/Info / C2D/C2Q OC'ing/Info Recommended Power Supply Listing
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04-27-12, 12:39 PM	#2
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04-27-12, 12:51 PM	#3
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04-28-12, 09:06 AM	#4
habbajabba Member Join Date: Oct 2005	No. What he said is he complained of a virus and the IT dept took control long enough to remove it (but apparently not long enough to make sure it worked correctly afterwards). Employers do not give employees admin rights to begin with. His problem is not if he has admin rights, it's a display issue. __________________ Intel Northwood @3.06 GHz Biostar microatx 2 GB DDR2 675 Evga 8400gs Samsung 2232GW 2ms 22" Altec Lansing 2.1 w/remote Pioneer sata DVR-212D Burner Win7Ult 32bit WD cav blue 320gb Samsung F4 2tb WD cav blue 500gb CP850avrlcd ups
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04-28-12, 11:46 AM	#5
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04-29-12, 07:46 AM	Thread Starter #6
psionic98 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: 4th Floor office, East Coast	Sorry, been away a lil.. yeah I dont have admin rights to the machine to see logs etc and they don't give up info on a whim.. I'll try the drivers i suppose and see how it goes, course the IS will do it.. gag me.. i really dont want to have them reimage my machine, they lose more info than they save :P __________________ EVGA x58 Micro (756) / i7 D0 @ 4.0, 1.278v w/HT (Air) 2x 300GB V-rap raid0, WD Caviar Black 640GB & 1TB HIS 6950 @ 840/1450 Mushkin 6GB @ 6-7-6-18 / Enermax 720 Modular HAF 922 / Noctua D14 Win7 Pro x64 / Mint 10 HEAT i7(x58) OC'ing/Info / AMD Oc'ing/Info / C2D/C2Q OC'ing/Info Recommended Power Supply Listing
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04-30-12, 11:46 AM	#7
medo145 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Massachusetts, USA	you could make a backup of your profile, let them image it and then restore items from your profile folder. __________________ \|ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3\|i72600K 3.4GHz @ 4.5GHz(100x45)\|EVGA GTX670 FTW+ 4GB @ 1006/6008\|EVGA GTX460 FTW 1GB @ 850/4000\| \|4x4GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 PC2 12800\|LianLi(PC-A70B)\|Corsair HX 620W(CMPSU-620HX)\|ASUS Xonar Essence STX\| \|Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (OS)\|3x1TB (WD Black) 0+5 Intel Matrix Raid\| MOBO:Asus PC-DL rev 1.05 CPU:Dual Xeons 2.4GHz @ 3.5GHz (233x15) VGA:PowerColor X800Pro Vivo @ X800 XT PE RAM:2x512MB Mushkin 222 Special PC3200 @ 2-2-2-5 (BH6) 2x512MB Mushkin LV II PC3200 @ 2-2-2-5 (BH5) Case:XaserV PSU:Antec 550W (TRUE550 EPS12V) HDD:3x320GB WD + 500GB WD + 74GB WD Raptor Media:DVD±RW/±R & DVD±RW/±R DL Sound Card:SB Audigy2 ZS Mods:vCore 1.5v->1.68v & VIO 1.55v->1.9v & vDimm 2.5v->3.3v & softmod X800Pro->X800XT PE
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04-30-12, 01:28 PM	#8
merz.38 Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ohio State	Do you have photos, screenshots? Do you have access to nvidia's control panel? See if you can swap cards w/ someone around you for like 20 minutes maybe? Also, IT people suck at like every company lol. __________________ Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 case Asus P9X79 w/ Intel i7 - 3820 32GB Corsair Dominator 1866 MHz ram EVGA 680 GTX 2GB 2 x OCZ Vertex 2 60gb running in raid 0 2 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB running in raid 0 Corsiar TX-950w Custom Watercooling Loop Build Thread:http://www.overclockers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=701267 Macbook Air running Windows 7 64-bit
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