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Phantom App Icon
When I’ve got the internet open (to more than one page), and I
"Alt+Tab" to see which pages are where, sometimes there is this (what appears to be) Application icon. But when I stop on it, nothing appears. So, I just hit "Alt+F4" to close it out. Any idea what this phantom app is? Kirk -- http://www.WindowsForumz.com/ This article was posted by author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/Help---...ict240632.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/eform.php?p=729967 |
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Phantom App Icon
This may be a Trojan Horse, or something similar transmitting your
activities while online, especially if this appears only with certain regularly-visited pages. May be time for a real thorough virus san. Other possibilities exist and hopefully will be sent in response. Malv "khersee" wrote in message ... When I’ve got the internet open (to more than one page), and I "Alt+Tab" to see which pages are where, sometimes there is this (what appears to be) Application icon. But when I stop on it, nothing appears. So, I just hit "Alt+F4" to close it out. Any idea what this phantom app is? Kirk -- http://www.WindowsForumz.com/ This article was posted by author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/Help---...topict240632.h tml Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/eform.php?p=729967 |
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Phantom App Icon
"Malvern1" wrote:
This may be a Trojan Horse, or something similar transmitting your activities while online, especially if this appears only with certain regularly-visited pages. May be time for a real thorough virus san. Other possibilities exist and hopefully will be sent in response. Malv "khersee" wrote in message ... When I’ve got the internet open (to more than one page), and I "Alt+Tab" to see which pages are where, sometimes there is this (what appears to be) Application icon. But when I stop on it, nothing appears. So, I just hit "Alt+F4" to close it out. Any idea what this phantom app is? Kirk -- http://www.WindowsForumz.com/ This article was posted by author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/Help---...topict240632.h tml Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/eform.php?p=729967 I do have anti-virus on my computer. I’ll give it a go and see. I thought I’d done it since I began seeing this, but just in case. No harm in trying. I’ll report back. Hopefully, no trojans here. Kirk PS - I also have my mcafee privacy service running and it shows the current apps running. All looks fine there. I was also wondering if it could be my pop-up stopper. It seems to appear when that is activated, but I can’t say every time. I’ll keep checking. Thanks for your reply. Kirk -- http://www.WindowsForumz.com/ This article was posted by author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/Help---...ict240632.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.WindowsForumz.com/eform.php?p=731111 |
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