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  1. February 3rd, 2004, 01:29 AM #1
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    Is This a Virus?

    Hi Gang,

    I have a snow scene wallpaper on my desktop. When I finished installing some games and doing a backup with Norton Ghost. I found the gray squares indicated below (by black arrows which I drew next to the snowflakes). The snowflakes represent programs like My Computer, My Documents etc.

    Here is a picture of this. I scanned and found no virus. However when I started an online scan with Panda, they disappeared.

    Someone advise me please.

    Thanks,
    Orangeman

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  2. February 3rd, 2004, 08:26 AM #2
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    Check your background settings. It looks to me that 'Pattern' is enabled.
    'Thatches' to be specific.
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  3. February 3rd, 2004, 10:10 AM #3
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    i realy feel


    who in there right mind would sit and put felt tip pen marks ,,,all over his monitor?




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  4. February 3rd, 2004, 10:57 AM #4
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    Someone with a good game of X's and 0's ???
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  5. February 3rd, 2004, 11:47 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrit
    Someone with a good game of X's and 0's ???
    or orangeman
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  6. February 3rd, 2004, 11:55 AM #6
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    eh, eh, very funny.

    So why did it only disappear when I ran Panda Virus scan. And NO, it isn't thatches, you're looking in the wrong place.

    Here is a close-up.

    I am referring to the grayish-white rectangle at the bottom left of the snowflake.

    It didn't appear in all the icons, only some of them. First it appeared in one, then another, then another a few seconds later. Panda AV turned up nothing, Neither did AVG.
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  7. February 3rd, 2004, 12:18 PM #7
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    Reloaded your video drivers?
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  8. February 3rd, 2004, 12:26 PM #8
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    your hard drive is screemin in pain coz

    a: it objected to being called "echo off"

    b: it was manhandled and objected to it,s jumpers being changed.350 times


    reload your video drivers ,,,,,,and get rid of the snowflakes ,,,,,think of summer.

    this is a classic case of cold weather syndrom
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  9. February 3rd, 2004, 01:23 PM #9
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    Isn't that little shortcut arrow got confused is it? TweakUI?
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  10. February 3rd, 2004, 01:45 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    Isn't that little shortcut arrow got confused is it?
    Wasn't me ! ... It looks like some kind of overlay issue ?

    Show me a flipping picture I can actually focus on & I might have a chance of saying

    Orange just what are you complaining about the little 'shortcut to arrows' ? or the hashing ?
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  11. February 3rd, 2004, 01:56 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    Isn't that little shortcut arrow got confused is it? TweakUI?
    That's it. TweakUI - Repair icons
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