These files might be harmful to your computer message(desktop)  

Yes. Still get the error message.

Also when I click "Dave" folder.....user folder, I get prompted with the same error message

Hey,

Can you do a scan with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware please? After you did the scan, can you attach the logfile?

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes | Free Anti-Malware & Internet Security Software


Scan Date: 20/08/2016
Scan Time: 20:33
Logfile: Scanlog.txt
Administrator: Yes


Version: 2.2.1.1043
Malware Database: v2016.08.20.06
Rootkit Database: v2016.08.15.01
License: Trial
Malware Protection: Enabled
Malicious Website Protection: Enabled
Self-protection: Disabled


OS: Windows 10
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: Dave


Scan Type: Threat Scan
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 341553
Time Elapsed: 21 min, 50 sec


Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Disabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Enabled
PUM: Enabled


Processes: 0
(No malicious items detected)


Modules: 0
(No malicious items detected)


Registry Keys: 0
(No malicious items detected)


Registry Values: 0
(No malicious items detected)


Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)


Folders: 0
(No malicious items detected)


Files: 0
(No malicious items detected)


Physical Sectors: 0
(No malicious items detected)




(end)

Hey,

That looks good. But I think you are infected, can you please download the Emsisoft Emergency Kit unzip and install it? After you installed it, please start it (if it does start automatic) from C:\EEK and let the program update, enable PUP dection and run a quick scan.

Please attach​ the logfile of the EEK scan in your next post.

Emsisoft Emergency Kit - Version 11.9
Scan log


Date Scan Method Objects Scanned Objects Detected Duration Type Computer Name
20/08/2016 21:17:58 Quick 62505 0 0:00:34 Manual scan DESKTOP-3JFV22M

No objects found

darbs9172 said:

General files being deleted.....jpgs, notepad, word, pfd.
Show details reveals C:\Users/Dave\Favourites\Desktop.
When I drag and go to drop and click OK, the file drops into the chosen target.

Dave, this post of yours is partly what got me questionning you about your Favourites drawer. (Usually named 'Favorites' with no 'u' on non-British systems, by the way).

You transposed the pathname incorrectly as no system-generated pathname string would contain a mix of backslashes (\) and forward-slashes (/).
If writing forward-slashes as backslashes was the only error you made, then your Desktop drawer's pathname is:

C:\Users\Dave\Favourites\Desktop

If this is the case, then the source of all your problems is having the Desktop drawer inside the Favourites drawer. Because, as I stated, Windows pops up exactly the warning message you've been getting when a user copies or moves files from or to anywhere in Favourites. The Desktop drawer doesn't belong in the Favourites drawer.

If the above is the case, try dragging the Desktop drawer from C:\Users\Dave\Favourites
back to where it belongs, which is directly under C:\Users\Dave .

Ah, my mistake with the \ and /.
Folder now moved as suggested and problem now solved. No idea how this happened.
However.................if I now move a file to the recycle bin and want to restore it back to its original location, I am being prompted with this one now.....

Now when deleting from the desktop again, I am prompted with: