Unidentifiable caution in Vista notification area icon

An icon that I've never seen elsewhere appeared today in my notification area. It is typical of the warning icons: a yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark in it. Unlike any other area notification icons, there is no ToolTip when I go over it, and nothing happens when I click on it (left or right). I looked on the tab Notification area of the taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, and under the icons customize Notification area, it shows as .

How do I know what this icon, it's a problem and how to remove it (if, indeed, it should be removed)?

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 2; Norton Internet Security 17.5.0.127 version and Lavasoft Ad-Aware Plus anti-spyware version 8.1.4 software. I have not recently installed new software.

I closed my computer and when I restarted it, the icon had disappeared from the notification area. I checked customize icons in Notification area on the tab area of Notification in the taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, and the icon did not show in the list of recent issues. I hope this means that the problem is resolved for now, but in case he returns, I was still interested if someone can give me information on what it could be.

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