Unable to turn on Active Desktop

[SomeoneHelpMe]

I run Win2000pro, and I recently got rid of a desktop hijacker virus (you know, the annoying one with the black box saying "spyware infection" ), but ever since then, I have not been able to turn on my active desktop. When I go to Folder Options, the 'view webcontent on my desktop' is greyed out. What happened and how can I turn it back on?

[AnnMarie]

Hi SomeoneHelpMe. Go to Start > Run, and paste the following into the box, then click OK:

regedit /e C:\run.txt "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer"

That will export the contents of the Registry key to a C:\Run.txt file

Please do a copy and paste of that Run.txt file, and show us its contents.

[SomeoneHelpMe]

Okay I did that, here's the Run.txt:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000095
"CDRAutoRun"=dword:00000000
"NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000001
"ClassicShell"=dword:00000000
"ForceActiveDesktopOn"=dword:00000000

[AnnMarie]

Ok, I have written a regedit that should fix the problem. To use the regedit, copy and paste the information inside the code box to Notepad, click on Save As. Save the file as Fix.reg and make sure that All Files is selected in Save As Type. Doubleclick to run, ok the prompt to merge with your registry and reboot afterwards.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000

There may have been other changes made in your registry so also run the reg file here (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/reg/smitfraud.reg) (download and doubleclick on smitfraud.reg and reboot).

Let us know if this helped.