Windows XP SP 3I woke my computer up from Standby.The desktop background slowly degraded to a solid color.Every window I opened displayed little of the data it was supposed to - text, places for input, buttons. Hovering the cursor sometimes caused data at that location to display while the cursor was there.Whenever I opened a drop-down menu the computer rang like an old telephone.Doing an input to a window sometimes caused the program to lock up.The above were true for Windows Task Manager also.I was unable to Restart, so I powered off and back on. Same behavior. Finally I was able to Restart and everything was back to normal. But then it happened again. Restart - back to normal.This seems like odd behavior for Nastyware, but I've done some scans (MalwareBytes and Avast) which found some things, but I don't know what to do with them other than quarantine.I may revert to a System Restore Point, but I'd like to know what's going on. If any techies have thoughts please let me know.1 person needs an answerI do too

Hi,· Since when are you facing this issue?· Do you remember making any changes to the system?· What are the infections that you found on the system? I would suggest you to run an online virus and a malware scan and check infected files whether they are a part of a program or some toolbars installed on the system etc. if it is related to a program then I would suggest you to uninstall the program from the system and check whether the issue persist.http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm As you have mentioned in the question, you can also do a system restore to the previous point when the system was working fine and check whether the issue is resolved. I would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned in the article given below to do a system restore.How to restore Windows XP to a previous statehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084 Apart from that, I would suggest you to download and install Microsoft Security Essentials on the system in order to keep your system free from virus and other threats. It is easy to install and is free of cost. Check the link mentioned below for more details.http://www.microsoft.com/securityessentials Thank you and Regards. Thahaseena MMicrosoft Answers Support Engineer.Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.