Not sure if it was a windows update - but my shortcut icons all have the "general" icon displayed in front of them now. I run Mbam and Kas scans religiously and dont believe it to be malware.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8103/captureicon.png
I keep most shortcuts in a shortcut folder and then use one desktop shortcut to get to all shortcuts. It keeps my desktop clean and I know where all of my program shortcuts are - all in one place. Well, all of THOSE icons now are "generic" system icons as well.
I would rather not do a restore, so how do I restore icons w/out restoring system?
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6379/ca...rtcutfolder.png
seemed to have happened right around time of big MS patch earlier this month.