Windows 7 error message when I click on icon

[fisayo]

Please help me. I have a dell laptop running on windows 7 OS. Whenever I turn it on and I click on any icon, I get a pop up message asking me if I want to delete the icon and send to the recycle bin. Is this a virus or what? What should I do?

 

[MikeHawthorne]

Make sure your Delete Key isn't stuck.

Run Malwarebytes...

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

I'd also run SuperAntiSpyware...

http://superantispyware.com/

If neither of those helps come back.

Mike

 

[fisayo]

Thank you Mike. I ran the superantispyware and removed the 31 items identified as spy. However, the problem still persist. Please what else can I do? Thank you.

 

[MikeHawthorne]

Hi

You can try this...

Open the command prompt as administrator.
Type...

SFC /scannow

and hit enter.
It will scan all your system files looking for errors and repair them if it can.

I really don't see other people reporting this problem so it's not something common.
If worse comes to worse you may have to do a repair install, but start with the scan.

Anyone else have any ideas?

How to repair Windows 7...

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

If you decide to do this back up your data first, this process should leave it all intact, but better safe then sorry.

Mike