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Title: Wtf??
Post by: Cerberus on September 20, 2002, 07:33:39 AM

Has anyone else experienced this?

I have just turned on my PC only to have something happen that has never happened before.

For a split second, there appeared around 10 or so of these things:

:yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

in a straight line across the centre of my screen. They were not yellow, but were red, and instead of smiling, they had jagged teeth. I have since shut down my PC and restarted it about 5 or 6 times, and since doing so, they have not reappeared. There seems to be no ill/sideeffects.

Has anyone else had these thigs appear? Is it just a computer glitch, or is it a more sinister problem, such as a virus?

If it IS a virus, how serious is it?

Title: Wtf??
Post by: Samwise on September 20, 2002, 07:37:51 AM

Um... it sounds like your computer has caught THE GHEY!

Or perhaps it\'s just a virus.

Title: Wtf??
Post by: nataku on September 20, 2002, 07:40:01 AM

Get Ad Aware and see if that works.

Title: Wtf??
Post by: Kurt Angle on September 20, 2002, 08:10:42 AM

Never heard of that before. Run antivirus software just to be safe.:rpissed: :rpissed: :rpissed: :rpissed: :rpissed: :D

Title: Wtf??
Post by: Cerberus on September 20, 2002, 08:25:26 AM

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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
Never heard of that before. Run antivirus software just to be safe.:rpissed: :rpissed: :rpissed: :rpissed: :rpissed: :D

Those are not too dissimilar to what I saw. The teeth weren\'t moving though and there was a green outline to it, as I recall.

Title: Wtf??
Post by: mm on September 20, 2002, 10:04:33 AM

was this after windows started or before?

Title: Wtf??
Post by: Cerberus on September 20, 2002, 10:39:03 AM

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Originally posted by mm
was this after windows started or before?

It happened after I had switched on my pc, and after all the background programmes (the ones that automatically run) had loaded.
:crap:

Title: Wtf??
Post by: mm on September 20, 2002, 10:43:13 AM

so after windows loaded then

Title: Wtf??
Post by: Cerberus on September 20, 2002, 10:48:21 AM

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Originally posted by mm
so after windows loaded then

Errr, yeah.

Title: Wtf??
Post by: mm on September 20, 2002, 10:49:24 AM

have you looked in msconfig to see what is loading at startup?