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Icon changes in IE7?

Discussion in 'General Malware And Security' started by splosher, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. splosher

    splosher Guest

    Hi

    Had some issues with my PC for the last week and just discovered this
    today - a couple of icons in my favourites and Google browser have
    changed.

    In the first screen snip, Goggle's icon has changed into a red star/
    sun from the G we all know. In the second screen snip, eBay has changed
    into a tower symbol. Also, you can see the same icons in the top of my
    favourites panel to the left-hand side.

    Any ideas? Have i been compromised? I run Vista Ultimate 64 with
    Ad-aware 2007 and Avast 4.8 plus Defender: all 3 programs are run
    everyday and nothing's been found recently.

    Thanks


    +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |Filename: ebay snip.JPG |
    |Download:
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------+

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    splosher
     
    splosher, Apr 3, 2008
    #1
  3. John Bryntze

    John Bryntze Guest

    Hello,
    I would guess it just your icon cache that is corrupt, delete it and let it
    repair by deleting this file
    C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\IconCache.db
    1. Remember that those folders are hidden
    2. %username% should be replaced with your login account

    This info is taken from:


    Regards
    John Bryntze

    "splosher" <splosher.37b2j0@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
    news:splosher.37b2j0@no-mx.forums.net...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > Hi
    >
    > Had some issues with my PC for the last week and just discovered this
    > today - a couple of icons in my favourites and Google browser have
    > changed.
    >
    > In the first screen snip, Goggle's icon has changed into a red star/
    > sun from the G we all know. In the second screen snip, eBay has changed
    > into a tower symbol. Also, you can see the same icons in the top of my
    > favourites panel to the left-hand side.
    >
    > Any ideas? Have i been compromised? I run Vista Ultimate 64 with
    > Ad-aware 2007 and Avast 4.8 plus Defender: all 3 programs are run
    > everyday and nothing's been found recently.
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    >
    > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
    > |Filename: ebay snip.JPG |
    > |Download:
    > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
    >
    > --
    > splosher <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    John Bryntze, Apr 5, 2008
    #2

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