“Something” had happened to her laptop–probably a virus, she guessed–but everything seemed to be gone: all her desktop and Start Menu icons, and, even scarier, all her data. It was like ...

The icons 'run away' from the ... Fowler dropped us a not to suggest the virus was likely W32.Magistr.24876@mm, if you want to search for more background on it. I recommend a full system virus ...