Weird grey desktop box?

Every once in a while when I start my computer, I get this little gray box that appears in the upper left corner of the office. It covers a few icons, but when I open my browser which covers. When I check the alt + tab, he reveals that he is in fact a program, but it has no name. I did a quick scan with Microsoft Security Essentials, and he said that everything is fine. However, if I try to use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware free, it just freezes and I have to close it. If I press alt + f4, the program disappear. Is this a virus? Even if this is not the case, how can I get rid of him?

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You may be able to see what it is by using the Task Manager.

  1. When this check box is displayed, press Ctrl-Shift-Escape.  Look in the list under the Applications tab to see if something is listed here.  If you know what you may think that the box, right click and choose "go to process."  This will highlight the process associated with the next tab.  Then you can right click on that line and "open file location" to know what is the program, and where it is on the hard drive.

If this does not work, Microsoft has a tool called Process Explorer that allows to identify which process is with a drag and drop.  You can get it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

When you run the program, there will be an icon in the shape of cross on the toolbar. Drag and hold this reticle and drop it on top of the gray area.  Process Explorer should then tell you which program "owns" this box.

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