Crazy black box

Radeon · 03-20-2008, 10:50 PM

Whenever I try to go to wikipedia.com, access my school homepage or watch videos on the internet (besides youtube), etc., I get this strange 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch little box in the upper left corner of my screen. The top left portion is black and the bottom right corner is gray. What is the deal with this? I'm assuming it's a virus.

An image of this happening in firefox:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4241/73358385mu1.png

In IE the browsing screen just turns white with no box. It's really quite debilitating.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Ewc1307 · 03-21-2008, 04:33 AM

The 'something' finder box? - Can you make out the word above 'Finder'? As i cannot see it from the image too well.

Radeon · 03-21-2008, 12:12 PM

It's a torrent searching firefox addon.

Osiris · 03-21-2008, 07:17 PM

I dont think I see it... is it next to the word blackboard?

Radeon · 03-21-2008, 10:05 PM

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3...problemaj4.png

The link above has an arrow pointing to the location of the box... it's quite little.

This link is what happens when I right click on the box.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/956...roblem2ux2.png

Mak213 · 03-23-2008, 06:31 AM

Remove the Add on.

Ewc1307 · 03-23-2008, 07:33 AM

Roger that Mak, remove the Torrent Finder toolbar. Is it in your Add/Remove Programs?

Radeon · 03-23-2008, 03:48 PM

No, it isn't in the add/remove programs list. There doesn't seem to be any way to delete addons through firefox either.

I spoke to my neighbor in my apartment complex and he is having the same problem (the internet is through the apartment complex) indicating that it is probably not some random virus that I downloaded.

peterhuang913 · 03-23-2008, 04:06 PM

Tools>Add-ons

Radeon · 03-23-2008, 07:54 PM

Cool... removed the addons but still no change in regard to the multiple web pages I can no longer access.

I think some of you might be a bit confused about what I am actually referring to... here is a closeup.
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3789/closeup3nq2.png

Here is the updated normal size.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4818/closeup2vl7.png

Moreover, I ran Mcafee virus scan and found no evidence of a virus... any suggestions?

03-20-2008, 10:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Radeon Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	Crazy black box Whenever I try to go to wikipedia.com, access my school homepage or watch videos on the internet (besides youtube), etc., I get this strange 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch little box in the upper left corner of my screen. The top left portion is black and the bottom right corner is gray. What is the deal with this? I'm assuming it's a virus. An image of this happening in firefox: http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4241/73358385mu1.png In IE the browsing screen just turns white with no box. It's really quite debilitating. Any help would be greatly appreciated

03-21-2008, 04:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ewc1307 Formerly known as BuggyVeyron Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 425	Re: Crazy black box The 'something' finder box? - Can you make out the word above 'Finder'? As i cannot see it from the image too well. __________________

03-21-2008, 12:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Radeon Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	Re: Crazy black box It's a torrent searching firefox addon.

03-21-2008, 07:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Osiris Security/Hacking Mod Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 24,780	Re: Crazy black box I dont think I see it... is it next to the word blackboard? __________________ www.MasterB365.com www.MasterB-Outdoors.com

03-21-2008, 10:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
Radeon Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	Re: Crazy black box http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3...problemaj4.png The link above has an arrow pointing to the location of the box... it's quite little. This link is what happens when I right click on the box. http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/956...roblem2ux2.png

03-23-2008, 06:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,742	Re: Crazy black box Remove the Add on. __________________

03-23-2008, 07:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ewc1307 Formerly known as BuggyVeyron Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 425	Re: Crazy black box Roger that Mak, remove the Torrent Finder toolbar. Is it in your Add/Remove Programs? __________________

03-23-2008, 03:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
Radeon Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	Re: Crazy black box No, it isn't in the add/remove programs list. There doesn't seem to be any way to delete addons through firefox either. I spoke to my neighbor in my apartment complex and he is having the same problem (the internet is through the apartment complex) indicating that it is probably not some random virus that I downloaded.

03-23-2008, 07:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
Radeon Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	Re: Crazy black box Cool... removed the addons but still no change in regard to the multiple web pages I can no longer access. I think some of you might be a bit confused about what I am actually referring to... here is a closeup. http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3789/closeup3nq2.png Here is the updated normal size. http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4818/closeup2vl7.png Moreover, I ran Mcafee virus scan and found no evidence of a virus... any suggestions?

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