"desktop.ini" and some of my folders appear hidden,.

How can I solve the following problem? There is an icon called 'desktop.ini' that is popping up all over my computer and some of my folders appear hidden,

Hi Merlman,

It looks like your system may still have infected files that are not recognized by the scanning software. If system restore has failed to solve this problem, the next step would be to try to repair all files in Windows by performing a SFC/scannow: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747

Remember that your system may have been corrupted too, and you may also need to perform a repair installation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964 (it indicates if a later version of Internet Explorer is installed and can apply to your system).

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