Evening gents. I've noticed a couple of weird issues on my pc the last few weeks and don't really know what to do with them. First up I noticed that while browsing the web, every so often an object will appear in the task bar. It's the same size as the small rectangle that is highlighted as per normal when you've got a program running. In this case the Firefox symbol with say, Badger & Blade listed. As I said, every so often(usually every few minutes)another item will appear on the taskbar that is shaped the same but has no text listed and only a white speck/square looking symbol on it. It only appears for a few seconds then dissapears. My first instinct was adware or spyware so I downloaded Adaware and did a scan. It only found one really bad thing and that was BargainBuddy. I deleted it promptly but this issue persists so I wonder if it's just some process that is now scheduled to do "something" at certain intervals? It is not really set to a specific amount of minutes between these happenings. Ok, confusing sounding I know but I just don't know how else to describe. I just know it wasn't happening a few weeks ago.
Second. Hold on to your hats because to me, this one REALLY sounds weird. Sometimes when I shut the computer down, I can hear a wolf howl like you always hear in the old westerns or scary movies. This is a new development too. No kidding guys, I'm not hearing things, it's there.
There are two profiles on this pc. The wife and myself. Does it sound like we've gotten a virus? I am not too sure if these anomolies only happen when either or both of us are logged in or what. The wife uses the Yahoo tool bar and instant messenger. I use none of that type of stuff. If I scan the pc with Adaware or my AVG antivirus, do I have to do it from both profiles or will doing it through one or the other cover the whole machine? As you can see, I 'm not well versed in troubleshooting a pc. Please help.
Regards ,Todd
Second. Hold on to your hats because to me, this one REALLY sounds weird. Sometimes when I shut the computer down, I can hear a wolf howl like you always hear in the old westerns or scary movies. This is a new development too. No kidding guys, I'm not hearing things, it's there.
There are two profiles on this pc. The wife and myself. Does it sound like we've gotten a virus? I am not too sure if these anomolies only happen when either or both of us are logged in or what. The wife uses the Yahoo tool bar and instant messenger. I use none of that type of stuff. If I scan the pc with Adaware or my AVG antivirus, do I have to do it from both profiles or will doing it through one or the other cover the whole machine? As you can see, I 'm not well versed in troubleshooting a pc. Please help.
Regards ,Todd