Bill,
This issue was just covered a week ago and may help solve your problem - here is the original message,
followed by excerpts from several list member's replies...
Al Thompson
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Max wrote: (Original message)
Subject: [PCSOFT] "Moving" Desktop Icons
Looks like I may have a virus...
When I try to click on a desktop icon, they all start to move around!
You can chase them all around the screen without landing on them! Virus
scan is coming up with nothing.
Alan Hodges wrote:
You almost certainly have one of the Magistr group of viruses. Below I have
copied a paragraph from the Symantec site.
If the computer has been infected for two months, then on odd days the
desktop icons are repositioned whenever the mouse pointer approaches, giving
the impression that the icons are "running away" from the mouse:
Have a look here:
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Al Thompson wrote:
You might also want to run a free online virus scan since your VS program doesn't seem to have caught it.
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_pcc.asp
Nick wrote:
Assuming that your antivirus is up to date, you may have a prank type
program. A friend of mine had this symptom after receiving and running a
suspicious email from another friend. I found that his machine had a file
named sleeping.exe on it and it was running upon startup. I disabled it in
the windows 98 system configuration utility. I never did find any info on
it. Its been months and no 'payload' has been released. Be aware, as
mentioned by another, that the moving icons is also a symptom of a more
serious virus of the Magistr type. So make sure you have the latest
protection. No evidence of that virus on the particular machine I worked on.
Also some prank type programs are 'nicer' and might put an icon in your tray
or possibly stop when you hit the esc key. You will find lots of info on
prank type programs if you do an internet search for 'prank software' or
something similar.
Goran wrote:
What antivirus du you have?
Make sure it is updated.
What OS are you running?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Betty Dailey"
Subject: [PCSOFT] Desktop program icon problem
> Has anyone experienced a problem with desktop program icons moving
> crazily around the screen when the mouse cursor is moved? They will
> realign with a right click and "align icons" command, but then move out
> of order again the next time the mouse cursor is moved across the
> screen. Could this be a display setting problem, a mouse problem, or
> possibly a virus???? Would appreciate any help with this matter.
> Thanks in advance.
> Bill Dailey
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