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#1 moosie

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Location:Saskatchewan, Canada

Posted 31 May 2009 - 12:46 PM

this appeared in the lower right corner of my screen about a week ago..its neither clickable nor moveable...i cant find a programme associated with it either. Ive no idea what it is lol. Anyone have any ideas?

#2 garmanma

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Posted 31 May 2009 - 01:57 PM

Is that a picture of a wiskbroom?
I bet you have some malware. I would post in our Am I Infected forum
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum103.html

Mark

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