There is a strange icon sitting at the top of my screen, and when I go to click on it, it disappears. It is followed by jumbled letters that change as Iat is?

She is followed by the jumbled letters that change as I type anything. It of annoying, because it appeared last week and I seem unable to control and do not know why he's here.

This seems suspicious. It appears only when you're using Firefox, or it stays on the screen even if you minimize or close Firefox?

Because this could be generated by an add-on, here's my method hunt and cleaning of unwanted modules. I know it seems long, but it's not so bad.

(A) open the Control Panel, uninstall a program (XP: Add/Remove Programs). After the loading of the list, click on the column heading "installed on" to group infections, I mean additions by date. (XP may not have sorting of columns, but you can try the sorting with 'last run' box)

This can help the undisclosed items bundle smoker who snuck out with some software, you have agreed to install. Beware of everything that you don't recognize / remember, since malware often uses sounding names important or innocent to discourage you remove. Out as much garbage as possible here.

B open Firefox page modules using either:

  • CTRL + SHIFT + a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Add-ons
  • in the Windows "Run" dialog box, type or paste
    firefox.exe "about:addons"

In the left column, click on Plugins. Set essential and unrecognized plugins 'never enable '.

In the left column, click Extensions. Then, in case of doubt, disable (or delete, if possible) not recognized and unwanted extensions. Remember that all extensions are optional, none come with Firefox.

Often, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

Any improvement?

If you have extra time:

(C) you can search the rest of problems with scanning/cleaning tools listed in our technical support article: Troubleshooting Firefox problems caused by malware. These scanners on request are free and take a long time to run. If they end quickly, especially if they require the payment you have a serious infection. I suggest the specialty forums listed in the article in this case.

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