kenno14 said:
continuely showing 'working in background' on mouse pointer even when
there are no applications running, how do i get rid of this ? ie. it
has the aarrow and hour glass on all the time.
Please do the following troubleshooting:
Scan in Safe Mode with a current antivirus program (meaning a version
not earlier than 2003 using updated virus definitions). Also, remove
spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org and
Ad-aware from
www.lavasoftusa.com. Be sure to update these programs
before running them. These programs are free, so run them both since
they complement each other. It is best to run antivirus and spyware
removal tools in Safe Mode. You may also want to run CWShredder and
HijackThis from
http://aumha.org/freeware.htm. Although CWShredder is
no longer being updated, it will still clean older variants of the
CoolWebSearch malware. A combination of HijackThis and About:Buster
(
http://www.majorgeeks.com) works well in removing homepage hijackers.
Please read the instructions carefully. Make sure you are able to see
all hidden files and extensions (View tab in Folder Options). Also,
make sure you've visited Windows Update and applied all security
patches. Do not install driver updates from Windows Update. Make sure
you are running a firewall.
If, after you do all the above and are completely sure that your
computer is 100% virus and spyware-free, you are still having problems,
then post back to this thread with more information about your system
and what you did troubleshoot (and the results, of course).
Malke
