ghost icon on memory stick

Whenever I copy a file from my hard drive to my memory stick a ghost icon
(looks like a foggy CD) appears on the stick instead of the yellow folder. I
can't open the ghost icon and I can't delete it either. If I try and delete
it disappears then reappears a few seconds later. Is it a virus? Is the stick
corrupted?

That foggy icon is just a file that comes up whenever you copy anything.
It is basically there as a temp copy of the file as it is sent accross. That's why it disappears.
And its foggy because it's only temporary, and thats why it can't be deleted.

"Frozen" wrote:
The foggy icon does not disappear. The original folder icon which I copied
does not appear. All I have on the data stick after repeated attempts to copy
a folder containing no more than Word documents is a foggy icon that can't be
opened. This never used to happen. Also b.t.w. I now have a caption HAPPY
BIRTHDAY following my mouse around the screen. What's going on here?

Thanks

Ianh68