icons

[vic]

I have floating icons on the crt, and makes it hard at
times to click on the one I want. How can I stop them
from moving around??

[Mike M]

When did you last check your system using your preferred antivirus
application? I ask because such behaviour is one of the signs of being
infected with the Magistr virus.

First however you might want to check your PC using one of the online virus
checks such as McAfee's (http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp) or Trend
Micro's Housecall (http://housecall.antivirus.com).

If indeed you do have the Magistr virus see
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mag.html
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/magistr.shtml
and
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99040.htm#Symptoms
for details of how to clean your system.

If you don't have an AV application installed then you should seriously think
about doing so. Suitable products include NOD32, AVG and eTrust (Computer
Associates) to name but three including:
a) AVG (Free version) from GriSoft
(http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php)
b) eTrust from Computer Associates. This is an excellent low cost AV program
that I and many others contributing to these NGs are using. eTrust and
EZArmor are FREE to new users for one year until Jan 2005 (see
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm) EZArmor is a rebadged
version of Zone Alarm v3.x which can cause Win Me's system restore to stop
making automatic system checkpoints.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



vic > wrote:

> I have floating icons on the crt, and makes it hard at
> times to click on the one I want. How can I stop them
> from moving around??