hour glass never goes away

[Guest]

Whenever my computer is on, the hour glass is on next to the pointer. I don't have a virus and I've used spybot, I'm not sure what is running or how to get rid of it. The computer never really goes to sleep when I'm not using it unless I shut it down. Any ideas?

 

[PA Bear]

Start with these two pages:

Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/privacy/spyware.mspx

 

[Guest]

I didn't find much help there. I already get automatic updates, my anti-virus software is up-to-date, I run spybot regularly, it's not a new computer and I haven't recently added anything new. Yet, this just started happening within the last week.

 

[PA Bear]

Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing else running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe) is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/privacy/spyware.mspx

 

[Alex Nichol]

Whenever my computer is on, the hour glass is on next to the pointer. I don't have a virus and I've used spybot, I'm not sure what is running or how to get rid of it. The computer never really goes to sleep when I'm not using it unless I shut it down. Any ideas?

Just as a thought, make sure you are not accidentally using the wrong
icon for the cursor. Go to Control Panel - Mouse, Pointers and the top
one, Normal Select, should be the simple arrow - if it is not, use
Browse to select that from the set displayed

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem. After downloading security patch #2 I started experiencing the same problem.
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Whenever my computer is on, the hour glass is on next to the pointer. I don't have a virus and I've used spybot, I'm not sure what is running or how to get rid of it. The computer never really goes to sleep when I'm not using it unless I shut it down. Any ideas?