Taskbar icon won't go away

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CTCchris

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Running Vista Home Premium x64 SP2.

This week an icon showed up in my task bar and I can't get rid of it, don't recall installing any programs to trigger this. Right click does nothing, Task manager(applications) doesn't show the program, so I can't end task, and I don't see any processes(unnecessary) that would be attached to this. When I Alt+Tab, it shows "Desktop" with a small window in the lower right hand corner.

I have attached pictures, if that helps.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 

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    Dell XPS420
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    6 gig
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    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
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    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
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    640 gb
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    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
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    Dell USB 4 button optical
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It may not show as an application, but it will show as a process. It'll be hard to figure out exactly which, as there are usually many processes.

Does this process always appear after you do a full system restart? If so, check your "Startup" folder and the program/process list in msconfig for anything suspicious.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb
    Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
I agree as to the malware scan. As for looking at processes try Process Explorer
 

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    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
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    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
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    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
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    1920x1080 &1680x1050
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    1 TB x2
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    Dell Poweredge T140
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    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
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    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
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    1 TB & 360 GB x2
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Ran Malware Bytes and then Kaspersky. No viruses or malware found. Went to msconfig-Startup and disabled Java, Netextender, WPNSCFG, Apple Push, and PDANET. And it disappeared. So, looks like it was one of those. I will have to figure out which one later. I was just worried my machine was infected, but doesn't appear to be the case. Thanks for all you input.
 

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Glad to hear that you were able to narrow it down, and that your computer is clean of malware/viruses. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb
    Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
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