Cursor problems with my windows xp

C

Celimar

My father was using my laptop, which has Windows XP
installed and he encountered the following problem that I
have never heard of before. He said that underneath the
mouse cursor (the arrow), there appeared a box with a
cross in it. He said that he could not click or choose
any options with the mouse, which is a touchpad. He also
said that when he moved the cursor to the start menu
a "do not" sign (the circle with the diagonal line across
it) appeared on top of the cursor. This has never
happened before to me on any computer.
 
C

CS

My father was using my laptop, which has Windows XP
installed and he encountered the following problem that I
have never heard of before. He said that underneath the
mouse cursor (the arrow), there appeared a box with a
cross in it. He said that he could not click or choose
any options with the mouse, which is a touchpad. He also
said that when he moved the cursor to the start menu
a "do not" sign (the circle with the diagonal line across
it) appeared on top of the cursor. This has never
happened before to me on any computer.
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Your father's computer is either infected with a virus or some kind of
malware. Scan his machine with a good up to date AV program and then
use anti-malware software to scan for problems.
 

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