"Restore my Active Desktop" doesn't work

From: Margrit (Margrit_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/27/05

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    I think the following happened: In May of this year, another creative hacker
    managed to mimic Microsoft's monthly security bulletin announcement and issue
    a counterfeit version. In this case, the fake email was distributed under the
    guise of a Microsoft Security Advisory claiming to have an official update to
    Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Outlook. But rather than patch
    vulnerabilities in these programs, the fraudulent update infected unwary
    users with a virus.

    Nothing on the desktop works. Tried to use the boot disk; there, the Norton
    Antivirus check never finished; don't know if reloading CMOS info is ok; it
    says Boot records are good; don't know if reloading Partition tables is ok.
    My last option (and I am about to do it) is reformatting the hard drive. Any
    suggestions?

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