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Black Square On My Computer Screen

01/27/2013 6:38 PM

I keep getting a black square on the center of my monitor size is about 5 mm with a white square inside of it set at 45 degree angle. It appears to be only on my G Mail screen this time but in the past it was on every internet site. Any suggestions as to where it came from and how to get rid of it. My step son IT man took care of it before but did not know where it originated. Thanks Guru's.

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Re: Black Square on my computer screen

01/27/2013 7:13 PM

Can you click on it?...or do you get any acknowledgement at hover? Do you have any 3-d programs?

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01/27/2013 7:16 PM

Nothing when I click on it and there are no 3D or other programs.

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01/27/2013 8:40 PM

Interesting, you seem to have some code written into your browser page....Go to a blank page and check page source by right clicking and selecting "view page source", copy and paste into notepad and check for inappropriate code insert....make sure the squares are present when you execute this exercise....post if you desire

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01/27/2013 8:49 PM

Will try your suggestion.. just did a malware scan and it came up negative.

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01/27/2013 7:59 PM

It's a Russian program used for mind reading.

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01/27/2013 8:08 PM

Must be defective..Will contact Russian Scientist, thanks for suggestion..

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01/27/2013 9:22 PM

CR4's What Is It? for 02/03/2013

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01/28/2013 1:42 AM

Which browser do you use and did you try another one? Is it only with internet browsing you get the square? Does it have a bar on the top like a window with the closing cross?

Did you log out from G-mail when you had the quare?

Last but not least can you capture a screen shot to post here? Can submit under what is it?!

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01/28/2013 7:13 AM

I will try your suggestions however I am not deep into computers. I have contacted Google for help also ( not easy). Thanks for helping.

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01/28/2013 4:58 AM

"Oh my God! It's full of stars!!"

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01/28/2013 9:00 AM

That came later. In this shot it was "My God! HAL's full of LEGOs!"

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01/28/2013 7:39 AM

Try adjusting screen resolution.. control panel / display. If it goes away then it could be a driver issue. I would update graphic drivers anyways.

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01/28/2013 8:38 AM

Is it only on Gmail, and have you only tried one kind of internet browser?

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01/28/2013 9:33 AM

Good question. It may be a problem with Google products. I use Google Chrome and occasionally see a teal square with a cat in it.

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01/28/2013 9:35 AM

Fun fact: Google Chrome has its own task manager, just press Shift+Esc.

Also, cats in teal squares are a sign of good luck in some cultures (probably).

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01/28/2013 11:57 AM

But black cats? Or does the teal background serve to counteract the infamous Félin Noir Effect? And if the background features all the Primary Colors? (I'm in the market for a good thesis topic, btw)

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01/28/2013 1:01 PM

Also, cats in teal squares (eat this apple) are a sign of good luck in some cultures (probably).

is that what you told Eve about the apple?

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01/28/2013 11:42 PM

I believe it is inherent program to track your browsing sites. You must begetting some unsolicited requests on line based on that.

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01/29/2013 12:19 AM

Put a piece of tape over it, 3M make s host of colors so cover it with your choice.

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01/29/2013 7:48 AM

Put a piece of tape over it,

Hey, this is not a post of "How do I turn of the warning lights on my Chevrolet Cavalier"

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01/29/2013 6:15 AM

Stick this over it,

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01/29/2013 7:49 AM

It is that "Last Nerve" you always heard about! (I have one last nerve, and now you are getting on it...)

Suggestions:

You could try leaving the computer on CR4 overnight. The "Blip" will absorb so much information it will explode!

Alternately, if it is "Spyware", Earth will soon be visited by a race of inferior aliens!!!

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01/29/2013 8:59 AM

Have your secretary fix it.

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01/29/2013 1:10 PM

Try to change your browser.

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01/29/2013 4:02 PM

Thanks all for suggestions for some reason it has left. I did send a message to Google so maybe they found the issue. Incidentally it did not appear on my laptop just the desk top computer.

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01/29/2013 4:12 PM

Look to the skies; the countdown has concluded, and the invasion (See #22) has begun!

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01/30/2013 9:54 AM

So you caught Google spying on your internet smurf porn usage. Now that they caught you catching them, they scramble back into the edges of the shadows from whence they came. BTW, knock off with the smurfs, OK?

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01/30/2013 12:17 PM

What ever it was it is gone now. And as I said before it was only on my desk top not the lap top.. Smurf porn is here to stay, well at least for the foreseeable future. By the way where do I find Smurf Porn???

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01/30/2013 12:31 PM

Good luck with your surfing, the smurf porn was a spoof.

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01/30/2013 12:37 PM

I fully realize the spoof so I returned the spoof. Ha Ha.. Thanks for the chat..

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