Talbot Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Ok, I am having an annoyance that hopefully somebody can help me with.Every now and then a program bar flashes on and off on my system tray, but there isn't a name on the bar to tell me what it is. It goes away pretty quickly, but it is driving me nuts, especially when I am trying to play or render a map in SC4 and the program minimizes to my desktop.If anyone knows what it is and can help me with getting it to stop, I would appreciate it greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Without knowing what the program is, it's hard to help, but it sounds like some sort of spyware/adware/malware. Go here and try Jay Lee's Patented Spyware Removal System. It includes 3 free spyware programs that you can run to possibly help remove your annoyance. You can also go to your add/remove programs icon in your Control Panel and check to see if there is anything in there that is out of the ordinary. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Thanks for the help. I will look in the add/remove programs area for anything weird.And I have been using AVG to check for viruses and Webroot Spy Sweeper to check for Spyware but nothing has shown up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Back when I had Windows, my favorite was Lavasoft's AdAware. I understand it's still well respected.There was a recent article that stated Windows users should have at least three different scanning programs to really get all of the cruft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Okay, I will take both of your suggestions and look for another scanner. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 If a suspicious program pops up, you might want to look it up first. If it is a non-needed program, you can end it in the task manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well the program has no name in the system tray. It's like a program is starting up real fast and then it goes away.It's pretty random and it happens quickly. But still it annoys me. Though I think that if I am moving my cursor and actions are happening in Sim City then it wont go to my desktop, only if there is no action does it go to the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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