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    Virus? Worm, Nothing?

    My sister's XP machine did this this morning. Ran a scan with Nortons but nothing detected. Changed the background and it disappeared.

    Any ideas guys?


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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteD3 View Post
    Ran a scan with Nortons but nothing detected.

    Any ideas guys?

    Well, there's ya problem.
    Norton is one of the worst Windows Virus's around.

    On a more serious note, get her to try Avast AV, it's free for home use, updates virus signatures 6 hourly, and I have never had any problems using it on everything from XP up to Win 8 beta's.

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    Worth a try (found online):

    This sounds like an (innaccessable or blank) web page has been set as a
    desktop item. When added these appear as a small square in the centre
    right of the screen, hovering over them reveals a hidden Title bar.
    When maximised they take up all of the screen except a column to the
    left, maximising again take the full screen.
    The normal right click method of accessing the Display properties does
    not work with these items. If you want to get rid of it (or add/alter
    one) go to Control Panel and choose Display
    In the the Desktop tab click on the Customise Desktop button
    In the Web tab make sure that any pages are unticked, you can also
    delete them if you like but this is not necessary.

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