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 Al Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "arhiam" Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] "Moving" Desktop Icons > 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: > http:[log in to unmask] > > Alan Hodges > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael "Max" Miller" > 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. > > > > Any Idea where to start?!? > > > > Max Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcsoft.shtml