Please help!

My computer had been giving me a lot of problems (AOL errors, Mozilla taking me to spam sites, Mozilla closing randomly, etc.) so I decided to do a System Restore to a couple of months back and when it booted back up it just had my background on the screen and no icons, no start menu, nothing. All I can do is control, alt, delete and bring up the Windows Task Manager and either try running stuff through there or browsing stuff.

Did I mess up my computer, did I do something wrong, or is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks in advance!

 

I actually just did a new task run for c:\windows\explorer.exe and the start menu/icons began popping on and off for about a minute or two and now its all here. Do you think if I shutdown or restart it will all be here and everything will be fine or should I still do a system restore to an earlier point?

Thanks for the help

Also, any idea what could have caused this?

 

Spybot and Adaware.. I actually downloaded them a few days ago when I started having problems.. so I bet my machine is still infected.. any suggestions?

Also, if I reboot will I lose everything or not see my start menu, etc. again? or did I miraculously fix it?

Thanks in advance

 

Easier said then done :no: Can't find it at all..

 

Will do thank you!